THE CONVOLUTED JALEBI

She looked in the mirror. Her face puckered and tears started rolling down her sunscreen-applied cheeks. She noticed she was crying. Like...

She saw herself smiling in her reflection on the painting in front of her. Goddess Saraswathi sat cross legged totally in sync with the...

John Mayer’s track “Gravity” plays in the background. She’s an innate optimist. When Mayer sings “Oh, twice as much ain’t twice as good”,...

I sat there looking at the rainbow. Not in the sky. The rainbow I had doodled which was the wallpaper on my screen. I keep wondering why...

I noticed her pink lace. One untied. I looked up to check her out. And then I checked out all of them. In the ladies coach, one was...

She wanted to write in first person. But she doesn't ever put herself first, so she always writes in second person. She is listening to a...

She gathered her spirit back. She smiled to herself while the wind kissed her face treading in the streets of her city. She felt a...

Two girls sat in a restaurant. They just decided to not lift their eyes up and look around. Neither at people nor at the menu or the...

There was this beautiful cow. Aye. wait. As a writer I’m supposed to show and not tell. I’m telling you that the cow was beautiful. Let...

One particular morning, the priest got up with a nightmare. His dream during the early morning revealed that his secret would be exposed...

Once upon a time, there lived the Jumpsome Fivesome- Sarojamma, Devamma, Kariyamma, Chinamma and Kempamma. These women always jumped with...

He looked at her. She didn’t look at him. The Gaunt man got angry. But he had just learnt some breathing exercises at his anger...