by eva12 | Aug 10, 2013 | Stories
In the stillness of the night, the incessant ringing of the telephone, sounded like the shrill cry of a banshee. Mina pulled the coverlet over her face. “ To hell with the phone,” she muttered, then turned over and fell into a deep sleep. But the phone kept on...
by eva12 | Aug 10, 2013 | Stories
“ The last human freedom is to be able to choose one’s attitude to any given set of circumstances.” Dr. Vicktor Frankl. Leena lay asleep at last, the tears still glistening on her eyelashes. She had spent the better part of the night at her window, looking...
by eva12 | Aug 10, 2013 | Stories
They were young and very much in love. Two lovely people from different parts of the country, knit together over the years, by a long epistolary bond that could have claimed a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. Arvind was a ship’s engineer. He had sailed...
by eva12 | Aug 10, 2013 | Stories
“I’ll take it,” said Ryan to the astonished owner. “I’d like to move in within a week.” It was an old dilapidated bungalow, the rafters rotten, the plaster peeling. But it had an air of seclusion about it, which was essential for Ryan’s work. With...
by eva12 | Aug 10, 2013 | Stories
At the High-Tech hospital in Dadar, there was an uproar. Maya the daughter-in-law of the rich and influential Mandakini Rao, had disappeared. “Did anyone see her leave?” asked the visibly agitated Dr. Jyothi, “And she’s taken her file along? Who was responsible...
by eva12 | Aug 3, 2013 | Stories
Mina trudged up the slope to her usual haunt on the hill. The old rusty bench under the jacaranda tree had become her own. The green expanse of trees around, gave her the perfect solitude she loved. No one ever came this way. Except for the twittering of birds in the...
