Literature

Days passed and December gave way to January. One day, Radha was busy with an interview of a Parsi doctor a couple of blocks away from her hostel. When she came out of the building, she found people running helter-skelter. There were sounds of glass breaking in the nearby street. ...

“We should save it,” Radha blurted and was about to get down from the moving rickshaw. But, Asha held her back, as they rounded the circle in front of the telephone booth. “Let’s move away before those hooligans see us,” Aakash exclaimed to the driver. The driver did not wait ...

A very disgusting, disgraceful and dreadful thing happened in Mumbai on December 7, 1992. Babri Masjid was demolished and Mumbai began burning due to riots! I was studying then and was almost caught in the crossfire between the warring communities. Luckily, by God’s grace, I returned home in one piece. ...

I wrote this poem after I completed my M.Sc. in Botany. During our degree course, we were supposed to cut plants and make slides and herbaria out of them. On that fateful day, we were standing in the line to apply for my degree certificate in the University Campus. I ...

Verses do not match the theme, When I encounter such a day; I find everything going wrong, Then I keep my pen at bay.   Perhaps, I got up from the wrong side of bed, I then think. I forget the events of daily routine, And often lose their serial ...

“Kiran, wake up,” Mom shook me up. “What are you mixed up with this time? Instinct Detective Agency’s director has called you on our landline.” I sat up, groggily. In an instant, all of what had happened the day before came back to me. Without even bothering to even wash ...

The next assignment was given right then. Ravi knew the details and shared them with me. “Our client is a woman, who feels that her husband is going to kill her. We have to tail this man and find out the truth.” For the second time that day, we started ...

The next day was my first day at my new job. I was all excited. Mr. Chopra, er., Ravi (he asked me to call him that) and I met at the office at 8 AM sharp and we left together. “What case are you working on right now?” I asked, ...

Suddenly, one day, I received a call from a detective agency! Obviously, I had first replied to an advertisement that they had placed in a leading newspaper. During the interview, they asked me how I would fit into their organization. I took much trouble in explaining to them that I ...

Teenagers have misconceptions about various things. The films and thriller novels have a lot to do with it. They, often, make a mountain of a molehill. Kiran Mathur is one such teenager, who had glamourous misconceptions about private investigations. She found out the truth only when… Hey, why not get ...