“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, […]
Category: Stories
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 […]
POLICE STORY
I hate those people who imply that a policeman’s work is not particularly intellectual. The job requires a streak of inspiration, practical cunning, and more than a smattering of smartness, in addition to muscles and heaps of courage. That is the reason why I am so suited to the job. You may have heard that […]
The Edifice
It was the grand opening. The consecration of the church at Kochi. It was in the name of the warrior saint atop a horse with a ‘thrissool’ in his hand. Rome decreed recently that he was no longer a saint. They didn’t like his “thrissool” or his tendency to attack saints and dragons. But in […]
The zero influence principle. (Or why God loves it).
Hundreds of innocent children are killed by people who claim to espouse God’s will. Why innocent children? Well, why not? Killing children is a good form of taking revenge. Why the outcry about children. Is it all right if they were women? What about men? I wouldn’t mind living a few years longer, thank you. […]