by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 8, 2025 | Fiction, Short Stories
Retired IG of police Krishnamurthy walked home after his session at the Gymnasium. The temple bell rang, indicating the morning Deep Aradhana time. His spacious apartment in a skyrise was opposite one of the famous temples in a South-Indian-dominated locality in the...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 7, 2025 | Drama, Fiction, Short Stories
Why did I have to endure the chaos of a younger sibling? My mother’s delightful smile had disappeared, and Dad stopped our games of bat and ball when Sushant arrived. How I cherished my mother’s melodious laughter; to me, she was the most beautiful woman in the world,...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 7, 2025 | Drama, Fiction, Short Stories
It was Wednesday, one of the busiest days at the office. The day during the week, the CEO called for the team meeting. Mohan was famished by the time the meeting wound up. It was nearing lunch break. The post-lunch session had plenty of demanding work to be completed....
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 7, 2025 | Drama, Fiction, Short Stories
‘Kausalya Supraja Rama Poorva Sandhya Pravarthathe. Uthishtaa…‘ The Venkatesha Suprabhatam [1] in the melodious voice of Smt MS Subbhalakshmi [2] reverberated through the corridors of Rajan Namboodiri’s ‘Laksmi illam [3]. The illam, situated a little to the interior...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 7, 2025 | Drama, Fiction, Short Stories
It is almost a year since we met. That meeting turned ugly, and we dispersed, you swearing aloud that we should meet in a court. Was that upheaval indispensable? Knowing my partaking nature very well from childhood, you could have given a second thought before...
