The other woman

He looked up furtively from his plate and lowered his glance again when I caught him looking at me. I knew he was tensed. “Rohan, I thought you brought me here to talk. Its been nearly 30 mins since we came in here and the only thing you’ve uttered is the dinner order that you placed!”, [...]


Triangle

Disclaimer – Bears no resemblance to anyone living or dead. Purely fictitious narration and no offence meant to anyone. Hope this is taken in the right spirit. Angle 1 : His eyes searched the crowd through the window for her familiar slim figure and his face broke into a smile when he spotted her. A whole bunch [...]


Greener Pastures

She eyed the sinfully sweet looking, perfectly made smooth gulab jamuns which were dripping with sugar syrup, longingly.“you may have it if you want, Megha”, said Shreeja.“You don’t want it??”, asked Megha surprised.“No, I never eat sweets anyway”, replied Shreeja“No wonder you maintain your hour glass figure”, said Megha as her plump hands reached out [...]


Tying the loose ends…

Thanks for all those lovely comments on my previous story. This is for Misty, who sowed the idea of a sequel in my mind. And for Ravi B, who didn’t seem to like the idea of having a love story built upon the charred remains of many emotions(that of Kunal in the story, the mas and the [...]


The V-Day gift

The usual disclaimer for the story below - All characters and situations are purely fictitious and any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely co-incidental. Well, its a rather long writeup, for my taste, but I am hoping you’d have the patience to read through! Happy Valentine’s Day ! ==========================================================Pranav turned restless as [...]


From the mind diary of a 4 year old

Thanks for all those lovely comments you all have been leaving on my blogs, and for all the “where have you been?”s…sorry, people…I know I have been out of action for a long time and I suppose I would continue to be slack for a few more months to come :-( But will surely make time to visit all your iLands. [...]


Echoes from the past

This was my entry to the Oct’06 iLand contest. The usual disclaimer - All characters and places mentioned in the story are fictitious and any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely co-incidental.========================================================== Echoes from the past I walked up the stone covered pathway of the old, ruined fort with moss covered walls and reached the [...]


Destiny

Geez! This was probably my first take on a literary contest and I am truly pleased that I won. My heartfelt thanks to Sandhya for providing me an opportunity to discover myself and to be discovered J. Thanks to all the judges for considering my story worthy of the honour. Last but not the least, [...]


Love Marriage

Inchara stared into space with a smitten, dreamy look on her face. Her parents had fixed her marriage date to be the 15th of the month which was less than a fortnight away and she was eloping with her lover tonight!! Shashank, the man of her dreams,  had planned everything and she hoped the idea [...]


Footprints

It was a scene of peace and tranquility. They walked hand in hand on the muddy tree laned path…one of those quiet evenings which she so cherished. She loved his footprints next to hers. She wished there was another set of footprints next to theirs…but…never mind, she was not going to let that thought spoil [...]