Short Stories

As a young boy, I learned quickly that I must get along with difficult people to survive in this world. Overlook weakness and try to focus on the bright side of the world. This could not…

I had 1 lakh in my account and 3 lakh in fixed deposit when I took an apartment on rent and started living independently.  That 1 lakh was a great moral support. The situation got better…

Although I was illiterate, yet I managed to educate my children, two sons became doctors and settled abroad, two daughters, professionals, all got married. I was happy and proud of them. In a time of need,…

At a very early age, my parents made it very clear that I have no other choice than to study hard and become a highly qualified professional. The later life would become easy, I was told…

I fell in love with this beautiful girl in my class, Rekha. Every romantic movie and song seems to be telling the story of my heart. My best friend also liked her. After admiring her secretly…

I worked as a government official before the India-Pakistan partition. In my office, colleagues called me BinaI babu. The staff were Hindus and Muslims working under English officials. Irrespective of what was happening around me, British…

Every time we experience something different in a new relationship; never felt this before. After a while, somehow, we lose interest. The feeling simply evaporates and we are back to confusion.  How suddenly the feeling has…

“It is so cool these days that young people in their twenties live independently, and get highly paid at MNC. They enjoy holidays with their friends, parties, shopping, etc.” My teenage daughter told me one day.…

My best friend was the most important person when I was in college. I used to share all my problems with her and it helped me in many ways. Firstly, talking helped me to hear myself.…

It is said that "The root cause of all miseries is our desires". For many years I kept pondering on it. Are desires so bad? Imagine there are no desires left, nothing to achieve, nowhere to…