Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Fiction category.
A life captured
Filed in Fiction, March 27, 2012, 7:04 pm by KumaranTweetRakesh was a simple man working as an administrative assistant in a private company. His job used to extend from 8 AM to 7 PM everyday. He was one of those guys who comes first and leaves last. He was one guy whose absence really crippled the entire office. He also happened to be the […]
2nd Innings – Part 2
Filed in Fiction, April 29, 2011, 10:00 am by Priya RajuTweet“Sir, Sir”, sang a dulcet voice. Kumari wiped her hands in her sari and hurried to the front door. A doe-eyed, tall, lissome girl was waiting on the threshold. “Yes, what do you need?”, Kumari asked the radiant vision in a neatly pressed Salwar suit. The girl superbly ignored her, her restless eyes darting hither […]
2nd Innings – Part 1
Filed in Fiction, April 26, 2011, 3:02 pm by Priya RajuTweetThe train was slowly pulling out of the station, shrieking with gusto. Two figures were trotting along the train – a young man in an easy sprint and a not-so young woman in a slow jog. “This is our compartment, get in”, shouted Muthu jumping into the train with the ease of young, supple limbs. […]
The Bird Cage
Filed in Fiction, March 31, 2011, 9:31 am by Priya RajuTweetWhen I started working in Chennai, I rented a small flat in West Mambalam. I didn’t have any roommates for a while, and Valliyamma, a retired sweeper (janitor) kept me company. She used to work in the college where my mother was the Principal (Dean). I couldn’t afford to buy a TV for a month, […]
Guilty of Innocence
Filed in Fiction, March 25, 2011, 7:00 am by Priya RajuTweetThe minute I entered the classroom, I knew something was amiss. The girls were huddled together in groups, their faces bent forward, discussing something in whispers. This was not new, but strangely enough, even my group – the “Grand Band of Geeks” – was discussing something animatedly. I wondered what common topic had united my […]
