by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 4, 2025 | Short Stories
Purnima* day of the present month It was one of those balmy mornings in the year 1132 in the West Bengal region. The bright sun had embarked upon its journey. The daylight fell gently into the hut through the small window. Damini was humming a canorous tune. Her...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 4, 2025 | Short Stories
With a nonplussed look, Vivek watched as Rajan Bhai instructed his son, Montu, to stuff the bag with bottles of Vodka. “Confused?” Rajan Bhai laughed, displaying a set of stained teeth. “These are the tricks of the trade, my boy. You will learn...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 4, 2025 | Short Stories
‘Cursed Avanthi, why did she have to suggest this truth and dare game, and why did Dayani have to come up with this punishment for me!’ “Thousand steps in this dense path!” Dayani had pronounced the verdict using the steel bottle as the...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 4, 2025 | Short Stories
The February cold wind blew with a strong drift as Tarun entered the cafe. Few patrons scattered in an otherwise ever-crowded joint made it feasible for Tarun to find a secluded two-seater table near the window. Soham had explicitly asked him to take a seat to enable...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 4, 2025 | Short Stories
‘Shree Mahaaa Ganapathim……………,’ the invocation to Lord Ganesha wafted through the early morning air. I sprang up from my bed. Had I been re-transported to my home in Chennai from my new flat in Mumbai? From the time I was introduced to the world, every bit...
by Sudha Vishwanath | Jun 4, 2025 | Short Stories
MYSTIFYING MATHEMATICS ‘If the age of the mother is five times more than thrice the age of the uncle, whose age is seven times that of his son………,’ Sumi’s head went ‘Whirr……’ upon reading this....
