The cool gentle wind of Kartik month was blowing over her face as Rani Vidhumati was standing on the terrace of her room. This was her favourite place in the Mehal. She could see a majestic fountain area in the middle of a huge garden and large windows of the royal durbar from her balcony. The …
He was unlike any other, dishevelled yet graceful, slouching yet impressive, antagonistic yet charming. A heated argument was on outside the cinema hall. “Sir, you are not allowed inside without a ticket.” The guard told him rather gruffly, for the umpteenth time. Several ticket holders streamed past, having eyed the greying intruder anxiously. “But the …
Almost four decades ago, in a sleepy town of Haryana , a boy was born in a government hospital on a pleasant day of October whom the parents lovingly named as Aditya. While undergoing his graduation , my father who had a great interest in Vedic scriptures ,happened to come across one gentleman , Prof. …
वो ऊँची इमारतों की चोटियों में खो गया आसमान फैक्टरियों के धुंए में छुप गए बादल दब गयी मोटरो के हॉर्न में वो गूँज चिड़ियों के चहकने और कबूतरों की गुटरगूँ स्टेशन की टीन की छत पर ही सिमट गयी रह गई वहीं गांव की पगडंडी पर अंगीठी की महक ,कच्ची मिट्टी की खुशबू. अपनी …
While stepping out of my teens in medical college I saw my cousins settling in the so-called “marital bliss” one by one. This actually started bothering me, not because I wanted to be in their shoes or anything remotely related to sibling rivalry .To be precise, the constantly scrutinizing eyes of relatives or middle …
“Don’t you find him absurd? Why has he come here? He must be up to something.” Ali was continuously firing from his tongue as Nazma continued to fry the keema on the stove. She didn’t pay any attention to Ali as she was used to these murmurs whenever he entered the kitchen after coming home. …
“He was sure that it was her…almost! He walked briskly down the pavement, overtaking several fellow pedestrians. She wore a white top and a flowing blue skirt. Her hair flew tantalisingly behind her as it used to all those years ago. The pedestrian bridge between them took him a few more seconds to come face …
मरीजों की कतार में वो बुढ़िया लिए चेहरे पे उम्र से ज़्यादा झुरिया दिल में बेटी के खोने का ग़म अकेले , थकी हुई , निराश और सुनाई देता था कम जांच पड़ताल व इलाज़ के साथ दिया जब उसे ऐसा मशविरा “सुनने की मशीन लगवाओ , अब और ऐसे सुनाई नहीं देगा। “ हैरान …
