Ananya discovered Raghav Mehra’s secret because neither of them had found time for lunch. It happened on the final Wednesday of the month, when half the office was racing to complete its targets and the other half was pretending not to watch the clock. At twenty minutes past seven, Ananya finally sent the report she Read more…

She was an old woman, a regular visitor with a pot tucked beneath her arm and another balanced on her head. A dusky skin clung to the few remaining bones that aging had spared. A white saree brushed her knees, while her walking stick carried a hunch much like her weary back. Her shrill voice Read more…

Leela had been living in Flat 4B for twenty-three days when the woman next door came to borrow salt. By then, she had learned the apartment’s small betrayals. The kitchen tap had to be turned halfway and then pulled gently, or it spat water onto her cotton saree. The balcony door stuck in the evenings, Read more…

Rootless and Restless Book: A Journey Beyond Ordinary Travel There are travel books that make you want to check flight prices. Then there are books that make you wonder what travel is really supposed to do to a person. As a book, Rootless and Restless by Shivya Nath seems to fall into the second category. Read more…

People Are Lonely Because They Build Walls Instead of Bridges – Joseph F. Newton People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. Joseph F. Newton Loneliness is rarely an accident. Most of the time, it’s the slow consequence of choices we barely notice making. Joseph F. Newton’s line captures that truth in a Read more…