Fiction

                                                             The Lady In The Wheel Chair.  She was still not feeling at ease. It seemed aeons before she again sat on her lap top for a little while she went blank but like the person who had suffered a heart attack and was being  continuously  resuscitated  till he got immediate treatment, she likewise spurred her senses and let them not be atrophied. Her fingers raced on the key board…She was disorganized but she continued....what…oh God nothing was emerging.....she panicked her brain was getting sterile…no.. It was unbearably hot. Asha looked out of her window  it still looked steely hot outside though the day had waned.The parting light of the setting Sun had diffused into a blunt shine which was a mixture of grey and white which gave rise to a pervasiv...

                                        Catharsis She was running with a fast pace, her  brain  racing along.  She somehow wanted to  rein in her agitating  mind.The gym did  not help.The desert in  her heart raised the mist which seemed to be choking her.   She  was fearing whether  she would   ever be able to thaw  her  heart which had turned as hard as the rock of Gibraltar  , indifferent to human emotions. The garden around her was in full  bloom.It was spring. It was spring when she had  met Amit a suave  and graceful boy who with his somber voice  and attractive persona stole her heart. She was quite a bindas  girl and engrossed in her world of  books  and academics. But Amit took hold of her imagination and all he...

     Ram Kumar was exceptionally over excited. He had finally got through  the noose of red tapism and got his visa made. He might have checked his  rack- sack  several times in order to be sure about the safety of his paasport. Luckily he was assigned  the counter where one north- eastern officer was in charge and he could manage well because these officials have fair knowledge of the native tongue. He was instructed by his son to carry all his IDs  and other proofs of his financial assets to get through the formalities.He had also instructed him to apply for a shorter period in order to secure visa hassle free.  Since  mentioning  a long duration could   make them suspicious of his intensions of over stay in the country. Ram kumar complied with all the instructions because he was quite apprehensive not to miss the visa. It was virtually a drudgery  to go through all the formalities . At  every step there was ...

                                          The Leash Leena was chattering  and   nit - picking at the same time at her mobile phone but at  the back of her mind she was thinking of her evening out. The entire area of her residence was gradually turning into a perennial  dust bowl with  all pervading constructions coming up and sometimes the scene turned fantastic when the summer storms blew. All the tucked away debri  would rush forth from their hidden niches and get sucked in the whrill  of the spinning storm. The  doggy poos  which generally got disintegrated  by the fiery vehicles joined  the swirl like some   bits and pieces of falling meteors  in  the riotous dance.Now   it was the turn of...

                                                The Grit. She was a charming woman in her  mid thirtees but not showing it.Her wide mouth contained two   fresh rows of teeth which shone when she  talked. She always covered her head quite  deftly with a dupatta  which  never slid away.Mona liked  the rhythmic shaking of her head when she was busy talking.Her voice was  of one flat tone. She never cared to modulate  it which could empower her to join  the persecuted class of womenhood  who  used it as a lethal and perennial  weapon to subjugate the men in their lives but this woman   seemed to be knowing her worth which had stopped her from playing   second fiddle to her husband. There seemed to be no wavering  in  her confidence and self assertion.This she convey...

                                                                   Folks I got busy in The Humdrum The people at the far ends and the near ends are waiting.I am sorry folks I got busy in the humdrum of the earthy thing. Sometimes you have to shield your intimate self and be there to perform the perfunctory jobs of this transient world.But all along I missed you.A sneak peep into my internet would show the exasperation of my viewers.The viewer graph fell flat almost meeting the base line. There  was  a rush at the airport.It was  quite early.He had gone to receive  his son who was  arriving from abroad..His child like enthusiasm had wrapped his entire persona.He was anxiously checking the incoming flts on the monitor.He got fascinated by the rapid movement of the flts being displayed. He fi...