Poems & Short Stories

Samriti had to go back to her hostel in Bangalore. She had come to her hometown after the midterm exams. She was not feeling well as she was down with fever. But somehow she had to reach Bangalore. Her deficiency in attendance meant a huge loss as her college would debar her from placements.   Her parents asked her to cancel the journey and leave once she recovers.  At the same time, she received a call from her best friend Mahesh. She told him that she is leaving for hostel on that day. She talked with him for some 30 minutes and started packing her bags. She messaged him that she is not well and don’t know how she would manage to go. He scolded her and asked her to listen to her parents. Her cell was flooded with his messages asking her the health state, how she was feeling, whether she was able to reach properly. He thought that she was accompanied by her parents to the bus stop. Having known that she was alone in this state, he insisted that he would accompany her t...

All the time, we say, we hear, we read, we listen, we know that you and me should respect Women. We are blessed to have amazing mother and sisters on earth. We are even more blessed to have lovely female friends around us. On this very special day, I salute them by writing about them. Everyone has got some female role models, an inspiration, and a hero whom they admire and aspire to be in their life, some visionary. Lot of people talk about their mother/ sister/ grand ma/ teacher/ colleague/ boss/ spouse etc. Let’s talk about someone who we admire and wish to be …… One of the celebrity and social activist whom I really look up to: Nandita Das: An Award winning actress she is, won many accolades for her performances in many of her films. Her directorial debut Firaaq has won lot of international and national awards. I really admire with the fact that she is a wonderful artist, theatre actor, director, social activist,  teacher, dubbing artist, affectionate mo...