• Keep me in the warmth of your love

    Alka came into the employ of Maitreyi Dalmia when she was twenty and Maitreyi was forty. Alka’s mother was a cook at the Dalmia seniors’ house and that is how the two women had been introduced. Maitreyi had told her she would be the Chief of Staff and at the time, Alka had laughed at…

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  • Love is just a camouflage

    The sound of breaking glass alerted Rukmini that mummy and dadi were at it again, having a shouting match over whose fault it was that the dal for lunch had been burnt. Dadi said that mummy wanted to poison her father-in-law and son by feeding them inedible dal. In retaliation, mummy had broken the glass.

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  • I’m feeling sad

    I’m feeling sad

    It was the first day of summer vacation and I had been left to my own devices. Usually that would be a best-case scenario but my vacations didn’t coincide with my friends so they were still in school and would be for another three days. Until then, I had little but the TV to entertain…

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  • Country roads, take me home

    The house was in a mess. Urmilla knew it wasn’t her fault. They had shifted into the house only yesterday and no one would expect it to look in tip top shape. Except for her. She would expect that from herself. She huffed out a breath and told herself to calm down. It didn’t help…

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  • Howling ghosts, they reappear

    Pandit Karma Prasad was sitting to one side of the havan, murmuring shlokas that Arjun, Sanjana and Radha couldn’t understand, adding ingredients that looked like he was cooking something scrumptious. Radha’s stomach wailed in agreement.

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  • Far over, the misty mountains cold

    Mr. Metson looked up when the door opened and shut with a violence unknown to the tucked into a corner – where only those seeking its doors could see it – library. It was Mrs. Agarwal, red in the face, panting, flapping her hands in front of her face to cool herself down.

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  • You can’t escape my love

    Kabir’s house was in chaos when he stepped inside after a gruelling day of work. His boss had been in a mood, half his team was down with the flu and the agency who was supposed to have sent him the deck for his boss had mysteriously misplaced the entire forty-eight slide PPT. Yes, it…

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