Short Tales

Somewhere between
calling her at 2 am
for all the bullshit to
feeling hesitant
in dialing her
number at all,
two friends chose
misunderstanding
over love

Hitting a six is easy.
Its hitting consistent singles
that’s challenging.

You need to be emotionally
broken at least once,
to stay mentally strong for the
rest of your life.

They took his father,
and only returned a flag…

When corruption started
managing individuals,
human values chose to suicide.

“Mummy, my friends’ father
live with them? Why don’t
Papa stay with us?”
– the kid asked
his mom
“So that all your friends can
live happily with theirs”
– the soldiers’ wife
proudly said.

All my toys are yours..!
Read her brother’s death note.

Every time she closes her eyes,
she still cannot imagine herself
with anyone else but him.

Relationship ends;
love doesn’t

Every time her mother or
brother goes out,
she keeps on waiting for them
standing by the window.
That one accident that took
away her dad still
haunts her

Somewhere between “Sorry
Shaktimaan” to “You know
nothing John Snow”,
we all grew up.