“My precious, I write to you with a heart full of serenity, for the mere thought of you stills my otherwise bustling day. Countless clouds have gone past the sky since I last breathed in the aroma of your company. And what charming days were those spent walking beside you along the silent stream of...

The shimmering rays of the sun glowed through the glazed windows. Tara pulled the lacy curtains aside and peered through them. The sun halted any hints of rain prevailing on the horizon, but the bright sun above bought no adorning effect on Tara. Tara walked away from the window towards her vanity table...

The thunderstorm from the day before has finally stopped. The atmosphere had been stifling. Only one more tree left to fall. It feels like the hour in between this and that  jannat and jahnum  neither quite here nor there. It is a little after three and the air is still charged. At this hour only...

Phone rings… Boy: Hello. Girl: Silence. Boy: Hello (with a sharp voice). Girl: Silence (thinking she may lose herself in his voice forgetting all about the rest of the world whirling around her). Boy: Hello!! (This time a bit furious and feeling disturbed in the middle of the night due to the time...

Mental illness is not a topic of everyday conversation amongst most families and friends. In this respect Desis are no different. What is different is we do not tend to seek help as much as Caucasians or African-Americans do even when we are afflicted with psychiatric disorders. The research article...

He went silent. After having lumbered through the streets while the night fell softly from the sky, he rested on a rude patch of the sidewalk. An aged lamppost glared at him with its quivering pale light; adding extra melancholy to his already burdened day. Words had run out; and whatever voice was left...

Right now she is seated so close to me that I can feel her breath on my skin. In this blood freezing winter, I can’t resist longer against her heat-pumping eyes. She has been glaring at me for quite some time now and I am burning in the warmth of her intentions. I might have melted by now, but a cold...

Raised voices, angered expressions and bitter complaints. There were too many words spoken to make any sense. I, who always agreed, disagreed. She, who always understood, misunderstood. It was a rotten phone call. In utter confusion and helplessness of unexplained gestures; I asked her, “don’t you...

It all happened in the dark. Moon was sleeping behind the clouds and the stars were on a leave that night. A solitary breeze was strolling through the lonesome streets. It was half past twelve when Elisa got on the bus. She was late; very late. At the last minute, her manager showed up with a pile of...

It’s there… it’s there somewhere and she knows it. It is in the way they wait for rain so they can catch a glimpse of the rainbow afterwards. She believes it is there. That is what keeps her going. When she puts the radio on, hums along and she falls back on the melody and swims. She swims for...