Poems & Short Stories

That  shine in her eyes, that magnetic charm on his face spoke volumes. But all was mystery to Naina. She wanted to know more about them. What was the story behind their romance? What made them apart? What made them die? She wanted to know more and more. “Naina, Please get up beta. Why are you sleeping till 10.a.m. Don’t you have school?”, called out Naina’s mother from kitchen room. Naina was alarmed hearing her voice. Why this mysterious dream keeps on coming and bugging her. Why does it make her curious to know what her dream was all about? She liked to sleep more and more just to know the details of her dream. But it was a futile exercise. The dream started and ended with the same scenes and did not divulge more details. Naina washed her face and brushed her teeth and started her day with confused look. She was late for her school. She couldn’t concentrate on the subject but wonder about her dream. The bell rang. When she came outside the classroom, she heard two ...

“Fix these minor glitches, and we are ready to roll !”, said Mr. Khurana with an emphatic smile and patted Ravi on his back, upon reviewing the new and the most unconventional prototype for the exhaust heat conservator. “Thank you Sir. I’ll be back with the corrections by the end of the day”, said Ravi and went back to the workshop to his team and his tools. This was a significant step, and yet another feather in the cap of achievements, for Ravi Malhotra, mechanical engineer by qualification, and intern and a prospective full time employee, at Khurana Furnace Works. Ravi was not so much the top ranked in his class, but he was the best innovator in his batch at BITS, Pilani. That’s what caught Mr. Khurana’s eye when he went there to recruit interns for his factory. Khurana had put down one of the actual problems from his furnace as a case study for the candidates. Ravi had barely made the cut-off and was among the last few to have submitted his case study for review. The ...

It was Ten A.M. Standing in the bus line, she was reading a set of financial papers. “Madam, Could you please go inside the bus?”,  Shouted a fellow who stood behind her. Hurriedly, dumping her papers inside the Gucci Handpurse, She ventured inside and stood quietly. It was a bright sunny day of October in Mumbai. People were facing a tough time with the heat that transition period offered. And Lathika had to face another Interview.  Today was just like any other day for her. Since last eight months, she was just prepping herself for the group discussion, personal interviews, series of interview rounds which followed, telephonic rounds, aptitude tests etc. Every odd interview she went, she thought she will make it anyhow. She pulled all the stops to succeed the interview but the truth is she did not. She had to make two hours of travelling to and fro to attend the interview sometimes. All she wanted to try and try to get in somehow. Hello, please take me throug...

A couple from South India migrated to US as the boy was undergoing an Offshore assignment. Recently shifted , they were very happy with the country and were marvelled with everything that the country was offering. She was Swati and He was Sharad. Swati: Hey baby, Whats up? Sharad: Hi, What you doing honey? I have  a meeting at 6 so finishing up the tasks on hand. Swati: When you will be done with it? I want to go somewhere. Sharad: It will take 40 mins. Will come home and then we can head to that place. Swati: Okay cool. 7.00 p.m. Swati: I want to go and check out channel. They are offering new bags and accessories. Sharad: What? Which channel is that? Swati: I have the address and details. Lets go. It will not take much time from here. Its very near. Sharad unwillingly accepted his wife’s request and started to drive. Swati: Yes, Yes, Please stop. Here it is. Sharad: Watching that, he was awestruck. And there it was CHANEL. A...

We were waiting for the morning shower, We were feeling the warm touch of yours, Leaving the dead ones wither Embraced with your sweet whisper We were drenched, So were our thirst quenched By your side, we reached the peak of freshness, And so was brimmed with happiness Like a heaven’s light, you were shining on us, Our hearts sang and danced and thus Lively and chirpily, You enhanced our beauty.

दिल के मेहफील में आकर तुमने अपनी दसतक दी । हमारी आंगन में तुम अाने कि आहट सुनि । वकत ने लिया हमारा ईमतिहान । गुजरे हुए पल ने लिखी नई दासतान । बादल के अंदेर में छुपी हुई जिंदगी ने बढाया हमारा तापमान । वरशा आई आैर साथ लाई तूफान । धडकन हुई तेज और दूर पाया तुम को । रोक न पाई अ1सुन, लाख संभाला दिल को । यही हे मोहभत । आ न पाया ईसके बिच कोई भी ताकत । जीता हमने तुमे, तुम ही हो मेरा कल । शायद सच ही कहा किसी ने, परतिकषा करो मीठा होगा फल़ Forgive me for some words as my font does not support some hindi matras. Its pratiksha and vaqt for your kind attention. Thanks for being polite.

Standing near the garden, she heard someone call out her name twice She came to her senses and saw her child sigh Little layers of dust surrounded the porch She thought it was none other than her man’s shoes Searching, looking for him she ran and stood near the window Seeing empty porch, she hid her face under the pillow Streams of tears danced on her cheeks, slowly wiped her child with her tiny fingers Rains lashed the city with her muddy stench, But she cannot forget those 5 years and what happened that day at her garden’s bench He  was holding a diamond ring with bouquet of roses Ready to propose her, and they took snaps with many poses All was a dream which gave her an ache and rosy memories But her child was the only purpose which would erase her agonies Slowly she pulled her face up to see her life Hugging her with full of joy she smiled and was determined to live her life