THE TRIUMPH

Dr Ashokan Kanjikuzhi adjusted his tie, looking into the corner mirror. It was the one with blue oblique stripes against off-white. One of his favourites. He checked the length. Lately, it was getting difficult to get the right length because of his bulging stomach. He would have to start exercising. The almost bald head, and […]

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A GIFT

This was the third time Sameer was walking to the store. He tried to appear nonchalant, and his eyes wandered deliberately around the intersection. The pigeons were already crowding the road outside the rice shops. So were some sparrows. They were rarer now, he thought. He was a student at the Lady Emerson Medical School […]

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A WEEKEND

Anjali hated Saturday afternoon. It preceded the only free day of the week – a day she had to fight very hard for. It had taken her more than two years to realise just how important it was to her. Only after she had established a name for herself as a surgeon did she develop […]

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BUILDING A PRACTICE

“Pick up the baby! Can’t you hear her howling?” Rema shouted from the kitchen to add to the din. “And why are you so late? Don’t you get study leave at least during the last month? Where are the milk and eggs? And the diapers I asked you to get on your way home? If, […]

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The flat Earth

Safaruddin marched smartly through the air force compound into the hanger where his fighter plane waited, crouched and ready, like a falcon poised for the strike. Today was the day. His first strike- inside enemy territory. There was a thrill in his bones. On the way he passed the flag fluttering in the wind. The […]

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