Archive for April, 2010

Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology A snow-white ceiling, an electric lamp in the middle. This was the first image my eyes captured; I closed them promptly trying to catch the train of somnolence I fell from, yet, I found I could not. I surrendered to the morning call as...
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Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology It was a cool, pleasant evening. Birds were chirping happily and tiny squirrels were playing around. Lolita enjoyed listening to those delightful sounds of nature as she watered the plants in her lovely garden. A fresh breeze, filled with the scent of fragrant flowers,...
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Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology In 1965, India had more banyan trees than toilets across the country. Under one huge banyan tree, fifty-one tribesmen, naked to their loincloths, squatted on the ground, holding sticks in their hands for support, as if they were going to perform mass defecation...
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Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology It was raining that night. A howling ambulance came to a stop with a screech. The door opened, and two paramedics got out. Their white canvas shoes splashed water on the wet street as they rushed to the back of the car and...
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