Fire In My Lap.

The courtroom was packed to capacity. Most of the seats were occupied by noisy women activists who had come to gloat, hoping to see the rapist convicted for life if not hanged. The Media was there in full force, cameras poised and ready. But there were only a handful...

Entrapped

                                                           .     Meena arrived breathless at the bus stop. It was 5 a.m. in the morning and there was not a soul in sight. Her few belongings fitted into the cloth bag she carried. She used it as a pillow and lay down on...

LET JUSTICE PREVAIL.

                                                                                         Vandan preened himself before the full length mirror. His snow white attire meticulously starched and ironed by his handyman, gave him the confidence he needed, to tackle problems...

CHANGE OF OCCUPATION.

  Danny’s hat sat rakishly on his head, his moustache and dark glasses made him confident in his new identity. He had a job in a Club, as Maintenance Supervisor. He had put the shameful episode of his past behind him. Danny’s romance with the bottle had been his...

The Show Must Go On.

Unni was back in his village after a lapse of five years. It was not a happy occasion that brought him here. Being the only son, he had to perform the last rites for his mother. As he lit the pyre, the dancing golden yellow flames sent him into a reverie. “I wonder if...