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People. How many there are and just how different from one another! Their sheer variety gives rise to a fascinating world of characters jostling for space, waiting to stand out. Inspired by a face or a silhouette, a character is born in the mind of the writer and she or he grows to be a personality sculpted by words and they dwell, sometimes as the writer wants them to, and at others, just the way they wish. Welcome to the world of people. We, the people. The real ones, the imagined ones that are shadows of the real.

Laptop

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019

Laptop is about a seventy-year-old man and his relationship with a laptop that his son gifts him.

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Categories: Flash Fiction Projects

Void

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019

Void is about a woman who is lonely.

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Categories: Flash Fiction Projects

Being JK

April 22, 2018May 25, 2018

Every person on this planet has a unique life story and there’s much to learn from it or relate to in it. My story for the 100th issue of Spark captures the journey of a man’s life.

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Categories: Fiction

Salvation

February 14, 2018February 15, 2018

A postcard story for this Valentines Day.

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Categories: Postcard Stories

Mr. and Mrs. Sridhar

November 6, 2017November 7, 2017

Anand meets an old couple during an evening jog at a park and over time, a beautiful relationship blooms between them. This fictional piece is about these three people and the bond they share.

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Categories: Fiction

A Conversation for the Night

October 9, 2017May 25, 2018

A flash piece that captures the joys of a late night WhatsApp conversation with a friend.

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Categories: Flash Fiction Projects

The Changing Face of My Wardrobe

June 7, 2017October 9, 2017

From frocks stitched by my mother to owning beautiful Chettinad Cotton sarees, I trace the journey of my tryst with fabric and that of my ever-growing wardrobe.

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Categories: Essays

Anna & Betty

May 10, 2017June 7, 2017

The story of a photograph, of two little friends. I capture the memories and thoughts that a chanced discovery of a picture can trigger, in a work of fiction.

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Categories: Fiction

The Hope Seekers and a Storyteller

March 6, 2017June 7, 2017

A piece of fiction that expresses my belief that stories are powerful sources of hope in today’s troubled world.

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Categories: Fiction

You, Me, Love & Questions

February 16, 2017February 16, 2017

Could there be questions on love? Well, why not?

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Categories: Poetry
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Co-founder & Co-editor of the online literary magazine, Spark. Author of 'Fragments of the Whole', a flash-fiction collection and 'Ways Around Grief & Other Stories', a short-story collection. Creative specialist with expertise in content strategy and management, editing and magazine design.

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