I run out in a daze. It was already late evening when I heard about the fire. By then, the crowds had started thinning. The great...

I awoke to the crystal clear sound of your voice. It was as if you lay right next to me, smiling, welcoming the sun. How could this be?...

“I killed her!!” Romano Bautista screamed. His foul breath stank of the several vodka shots that he had literally inhaled all evening. “I...

The other kids romped and laughed, but dumpling was grumpy – as always. “He’s stupid. Make him funny!” little dumpling screeched as...

My father made the world’s most infallibly tasty aaloo parathas ever! A day before he passed on, he whispered to me, “When you make the...

Yes, I found a dinosaur egg in my salad – these things happen. How did I know it’s a dinosaur? I dunno – maybe it was the tiny spiny...

Patiently, the little red and yellow Chinese dragon sits perched on my desk. Everyone knows her as my favourite stuffed toy, but only I...

The great liege of the 18 th  dynasty, the shining star of the New Kingdom, the ‘living image of Amun’, King Tut looked begrudgingly out...

I smell the thick paste on my fingers. The robust, metallic odour confirms it to be congealed blood. I look down at the crimson pooled...

Nayan is only fifteen, when he sees the sky crack open. After nearly a month of unrelenting sun, a different kind of light seeps through...