Category: Story
All the articles in the "Story" category.
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Transient Waves
“Mr. Brad …. Mr. Brad….” , a figure was growing more prominent in front of me, startling me back to reality from a day dream which seemed so beautiful to have such a tragic end. “If you are not interested, you may very well leave the class”, spat Miss Lisa towering over me like a…
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Tongue-Tied
Malayalam and Hindi languages share common words – some thankfully meaning the same thing to both a Keralite and a Hindi-speaker, some others, very annoyingly, mean different things. Here’s how the above fact found me in a very embarrassed and helpless position the last day.
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How Can This Happen to Me?
This is a phrase often quoted by many of us in times of undesired events…And it reflects the shock we receive when we come to know that we are as likely as ‘other’ people to be victim to mishaps. It is quite a common habit we develop-mostly out of our carelessness or out of reluctance…
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Corpus Delicti
Moser was dead. Sitting on an overstuffed chair in his office in arrested aggression and eyes wide open, he was stabbed by a dagger in the chest- boldly and strongly; the handle of the dagger was fixed and jutted out almost vertically from the left side of his chest. An hour ago, Sakshi had entered…
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The Stranger
Everyday, we meet a large number of people who require our help. Most of us end up helping them as best as we can without thinking whether they actually needed the help. Here is a small incidence from my life that made me think on this ultimate question : whome to help and how to.
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Where is My Father?
Dusk has descended over the sky and I am washing my hands and legs at a water tap in the front yard of my home after doing a little gardening work. ‘Where is father? He has yet to return after his usual evening walk,’ I turned my eyes towards the front gate with a little…