Short Tales

Dear Maa,

In a world full of insecurities,
you are my only confidence

That night, she entered the
room as a bride.
She woke up as his slave
next morning.

In a world full of pollution,
his determination was
the purest of all.

From “Let’s go to GOA” to
“At least come to the tea
stall dude”, via so many
in-between PLANS of
Mahabaleshwar, Imagica,
Manali and Mount abu,
we covered the longest
distance and reached
each others hearts.

“My parents won’t allow a girl
from another caste” – he said
while breaking up.
She wondered if playing with
someone’s feelings
was also one of his parent’s
preaching.

Somewhere between “Click
here to create a new
account” to
“You have a memory to share”,
life happened online.

She, a renowned artist and
a strict mother,
often scolded her 6-year old
son for he could never
draw a line straight.
As he breathed slowly
into the ventilator,
she begged him to make one
more crooked line
on the ECG.

Money enabled us to have
the softest of blankets
but somewhere we still crave
for the warmth of our
mother’s pallu.

When the ‘will’ decided
to interfere, the
two brothers turned from
best friends to worst
enemies.

While his children were
fighting for property,
his dog didn’t even leave
the grave.