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Part 3        “Have you gone crazy, Radha?” Mr. Iyer, her editor shouted at her. “No, Sir, I think this is the only way of bringing out the truth.” “How can you judge that?” “I am no judge of anything. I go by my instincts.” As usual, after a bit of ...

Part 2 The second neighbor also banged her door on Radha’s face. As she dejectedly turned to the fourth and the last door on that floor, she spied a woman looking at her from the edge of the door. The moment she realized that Radha was looking at her she ...

Part 1 “Hi, Tasneema! Anything new?” Radha asked the girl sitting inside the telephone booth. “Not much,” Tasneema replied and lowered her voice after looking around discreetly, “other than a theft that took place day before yesterday in the Sea View Apartments. The latch was screwed open together with the ...

About the Author: He was the eyes and ears of the Chief Minister, a former Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Now, 13 years post his retirement, IAS Officer N Viswanathan has brought out his all-revealing book about the inner workings of the bureaucracy. About the Book: The ...

About The Author: Vishesh Kalimero, the author of The Moon Waxes and Wanes is a much traveled man. He says traveling is “a way of life for him”. He has spent the last 6 years traveling in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Asia, Europe and Latin America. He never took ...

10 year old Rahul went to his mother one day and asked, “Friends are friends. Why do we say ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’?” To that her mother-in-law said, “I will tell you a story. Then you will understand.” This was what Rahul’s grandmother told him: There ...

About the Author: A.H. is the pen name of author Pooja Addla Hari whose debut novel is The Real Mission. A passionately ambitious human who was born and brought up in Chennai, she is also an avid reader, speaker, science and tech enthusiast and music lover. She loves to integrate ...

1. Some adults were discussing the govt.’s role in avoiding railway accidents. Suddenly a 6-year old boy, who was playing nearby with his friends, said disappointedly, “Govt. does not do anything.” His father laughed and asked him, “What do you think can be done to avoid accidents?” The little boy ...

Part II Rita had started crying. But Radha reassured her that she would only call her brother, Sr. Inspector Kartik Srinivasan. Kartik came with his forensic team and took over the place. Forensic experts were combing the room with a fine tooth comb. Kartik asked his sister, what happened. Radha ...

Part I “This is blackmail! Don’t do this to me.” The True Story reporters Radha Srinivasan and her friend Asha Bhat were going to their hostel mess, when they heard these words. It appeared that their neighbor, on their floor in the hostel, Rita Seth was crying and was probably ...