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What Will You Do with Your Flashback?

Kalpanaa Misra tells us of the power of memories – to give pleasure or pain, depending on how we choose to look at them – as she recounts her memories associated with Christmas.

Sizzlers: A Miscellany

Through five little poems, M. Mohankumar presents a humourous take on some oft-heard phrases and words in our lives.

Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Anupama Krishnakumar looks back at 2013, the year which, through a varied set of experiences, changed the course of her life and also taught her some lessons. While the usual responsibilities are sure to keep her busy in 2014, there is something more she wishes to do in the new year. Read on.

Christmas Present

With 2013 behind us and a brand new year ahead, Anu Karthik believes that one has to cherish the chaos of everyday life, the comfort of a snuggle, the joy in knowing the house is messy and there are things that never get done on her list. Because through this all, life reminds her that she is alive, that she has a lot to be thankful for. For one knows not what he has, until that is no more. She shares her thoughts in this short story.

Precepts

Time and again, we come across certain morals that are put across to us frequently. M. Mohankumar’s poem gives an ironic twist to these oft-heard morals.

The Name

Tarun likes to imagine his own world where he gives names (and personalities) to people he runs into. Needless to say, he has imagined a whole character to the woman who was the previous owner of ‘The God of Small Things’ that he is now reading on the train. Archita Suryanarayanan tells us what happens.

Bhaiyya, chai, kum cheeni

Vani Viswanathan traces her addiction to tea through three different cities.

I’m Human After All!

Rahul Pandit is your picture-perfect gentleman who wouldn’t say one bad word to anyone or intend even the slightest harm to those around. Only that there’s something more to his personality that the rest of the world hasn’t noticed yet. Find out more in Rrashima Swaarup Verma’s work of fiction.