Micro Fiction – Rebirth

His eyes beamed as he blew the last tank of the enemy with his heart saying “Hail Mother India” in every beat of his, when a series of bullets pierced him with the spring of blood oozing out of his body.

Spinning Tales - The Homecoming

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“Santosh, I am coming down. Please bring the car at the gate in 15 minutes. And don’t be late, I don’t want to hear another of that traffic excuse please” I said. Santosh was my driver for the last 5 years. He was obedient and diligent but had this habit of coming late when called, especially while going back to home. His excuse was always the same, “Sir, there was some jam at the basement parking” but I somehow knew that it wasn’t due to traffic but due to his extended game of cards with other drivers, which used to completely absorb him.

Book Review: HALF A RUPEE STORIES by Gulzar

Book Details. . .

·         Title: Half a Rupee Stories

·         Author: Gulzar (Translated by Sunjoy Shekhar)

·         Genre: Fiction & Non Fiction

·         Publisher: Penguin

·         Pages: 232 Pages

·         Rating: 3.75/5

Behind The Book. . .

Twenty-five fascinating stories from the inimitable Gulzar.

A suicide bomber in a small town plans out her last day, getting herself photographed before she goes and blows up the prime minister. A drunkard in a Mumbai slum tries to compete with the torrential rain, even as it washes his dwelling away. An army man at the border has become so accustomed to speaking over the wireless that he ends every sentence with ‘Over!’ And in the title story, a cop drags a dead cow from Vinayak Rao Patwardhan Road to the adjoining Bapu Road, since the latter is so much easier to spell.

Chronicles of a Solitary Soul – The Lost Soul

It’s so surprising to see the similar state of being alone having varied connotations for different individuals – One who experience the pain in it calls it ‘Loneliness’ and the one who experience the solace terms it as ‘Solitude’. And for the very few who figures in the later, there is some inherent charm in those moments which makes them not only bearable but also gratifying. That is what the magic of the solitary world is all about. There is a parallel world inside which is devoid of any sophistications and baggage of the external world making it as pure as ever.

Pensive Reflections. . .Jan 07 2015

Enjoy the little things in life as there would be a time when you will realize how big they actually were..

~Shubh Life. . .Om Sai Ram

Pensive Reflections. . .Jan 04 2015

The mind knows and realizes very well that life is all about meeting and departing. . .still Goodbye still remains the saddest word - spoken or implied!!

~ Shubh Life. . .Om Sai Ram

Book Review: INDIAN TANGO by Ananda Devi

This review was done for The Tales Pensieve (TTP) under their reviewer program. I thank TTP for giving me the opportunity to review the book.

Book Details. . .

·         Title: Indian Tango

·         Author: Ananda Devi (translated by Jean Anderson)

·         Genre:  Fiction

·         Publisher: Random House India (2013)

·         Pages: 208 Pages

·         Price: INR 275 (Flipkart)

·         Rating: 2.75/5

Behind The Book. . .

Lost to the meaning of her life, a foreign writer arrives in Delhi seeking the wordless company of strangers. Delhi is an exploded sun, bleeding everywhere its untrammelled chaos: the feral dampness of bus fumes; the suicidal rush of scooters; the autorickshaw scats impregnated with thousands of odors - nauseous accretions of India's muddy human tide. The men with their stinking bidis rule as masters and the women remain walled in by centuries of tradition.