Murad Ali lay huddled on his charpoy, cursing the cold weather. The winter chill was at its peak in the small village bordering the forest. Murad’s small hut barely held itself together, and the icy winds twirled their way carelessly through it. Despairingly, he looked at the children. ‘They’d probably freeze to death, by the [...]
Raniya peered out as the huge airliner glided smoothly through the clouds. Her mother, Jehan Ara, sat in the adjacent seat, deeply engrossed in her reading. She unbuckled her seatbelt and took a deep sigh, “Here I come Ahsan!” Eighteen, and full of dreams, Raniya sat thinking about her fiancé with a gentle smile playing [...]
It didn’t know how to fly. A dry yellow leaf wandered across the aged bridge; how it got there, it didn’t know. Every time a car would pass by; the leaf would whoosh after it with a hint of a flight but then will fall back on the cold concrete. He didn’t know how to [...]
She is sitting alone in the corner of an empty room wrapped in a white cloth stained by the blood seeping from her bruises and wet from the tears she has been shedding. In the other room her mother is being comforted by a few friendly ladies, when she shrieks again “Ooh God they ruined [...]
My wife, unlike you, is rather short and, unlike you, is always telling people she isn’t. Since the rest of us in our household are very tall, sadly, she gets little sympathy. But, I feel for her, I really do! The light pull cord got old and rotten in the bathroom and prone to breaking. [...]
On his sixth birthday, I gave my son a very beautiful book about trees. It was stuffed with beautiful pictures of pleasant colors about trees and other plants. Very few words were included with each picture giving only the name of the tree or the plant. The book was green all over that its cover [...]
He was rolling in his mother’s lap when she told him that he is the future king of the animal world; the jungle is his kingdom. He felt proud when he came to know that he would rule every animal in his kingdom. “Every animal, big or small, strong or weak, will respect and obey [...]
The joy and pride of loving, and the pain of betrayal… A teacup in my hand, I sit here quietly pondering, And watch the day unfold A long, enduring journey… Sonya sat at the kitchen table early Monday morning with a cup of hot tea. She had some time to herself before setting off to [...]
“You have beautiful eyes”, she heard a soft but profound voice of a man who seemed to have traveled a lot, knowing many places, people and dialects. Even though she didn’t like the intrusion while she was out shopping for shades, she garnished a smile onto her lips and turned around, “thank you”, she uttered [...]
FADE IN EXT. CAFE REVERIE – EVENING There is a hint of sun’s presence behind the clouds that have started gathering over the murky evening sky. It might start raining anytime. There is just one table and a couple of chairs placed on the sidewalk just outside the restaurant. The lamp post is still asleep [...]