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MIKO THE COCKROACH

What happens when the world of a cockroach and the world of a human collide? Not in a jungle, not in a lab — but

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SAQEENA’S DREAMS

SAQEENA’s DREAMS What are dreams?  Who manufactures them?  Who decides what dream one should have?  Are these images of the past that we see while

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THE PROPHECY

The sea was rising. The sky wouldn’t stop crying. And the village elder, Phoola, revealed a buried truth. As the storm closed in, only one

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THE KNOCK THAT WASN’T

Aditi froze as the knocks echoed again. She flung the door open—nothing. No footsteps, no shadow. Just silence. And yet the knock came again.

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LITTI CHOKHA

“Pandey, what is up with this man?” Beliram, the beat constable at Marine Drive, asked his colleague Pandey, handing him the tobacco paste. “Don’t know

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BALVINDER

Somnath uncle was on ‘TOP OF THE WORLD’ and quite literally. He stood atop the tallest mountain peak in India. As he turned his gaze

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MEETING ROOM NO. 10

Ashish was sitting at his desk. With a black Shaeffer ink pen in his hand, he stared at the blank white sheet in front of

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SERENDIPITY

The warm yellow light from the room inside was the only source of illumination on the balcony where Rishika stood. The view of the vast

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SHE IS I

There must be a reason why mother nature is slow and yet beautiful. The blooming of the flowers, the sprouting of plants, the cycles of

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a family. THE FAMILY

Shuprobhat sir. Apni kemun achen. Amar naam Amitava Bondopadhyay. My apologies, sir. I forgot you don’t speak Bangla. Good morning sir. I hope you are

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AN ODE

Sameer rolled the window down and threw the last smoked-up blunt out. The warm smell of marijuana, trapped until now, dashed for freedom as the

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THE LOST WANDERER

“I told you. You should be careful what you wish for. HA! HA! HA!”. Those were the last words Shaina heard as she fell into

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THE FORGOTTEN GOD

Throughout the ages, men have spoken about the same Gods, albeit with different names. Our gods have always been able to fly, spit fire, control

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THE DOUBTFUL MINDS

“Angad, I have been waiting at this deserted road for more than an hour now. If you don’t reach in the next 10 minutes, I

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MY GRANDFATHER

Parth and Amey. Those were the names of the two kids in the family who were traveling with me to Sohna, a small village in

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