Short Stories

I remember the exact moment I realized I was in love with him. That day, I had rushed into the classroom with a broken zipper. He must have thought it strange that for the first time, I went to sit at the back – it was to do my assignment. He had helped me complete it to avoid the wrath …

SCREWING JAMES I didn’t know how to tell him that I had slept with his best friend in his absence and that it had changed my perception about everything, including my feelings for him. He had gone away, again – disappearing for days without a trace and making no effort to contact me. My heartbeat increased. I battled whether or …

MY LEGAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE – THEORY VS PRACTICE. Stepping out of the car with my neatly ironed white shirt, the very penciled black skirt and the black wedge I had polished the night before, disappointment pasted on my face at the sight of the court environment – at a corner lay overgrown grasses; amidst them were sachets of used items …

Things were so bad for me that I accepted I was just born to celebrate others, never to be celebrated. From the belief that I solely existed to make others have a taste of bitterness, I began to live the role. Just like that, hearing the success stories of others made my heart darker. That day, I had come to …

Life is such a strong word It encompasses the sweetness like the droppings from a honeycomb The slapping edge of the sour taste That makes the whole body quiver and shudder While the eyes water in protest   The biting bitterness of the surface that makes us throw up copious amounts of saliva Leaving an aftermath of nausea crippling our …