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Tag: relationships

As humans, we are constantly in a relationship with something or the other. Our lives on earth is characterized by them. We share relationships with people, animals, things, nature and with our own emotions. I hold up a magnifying glass and peer into this fascinating universe and the possibilities zoom out like sharp shooting stars. The explorations have taken different forms but all shaped by words. Discover.

Stargazers

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Moments from the lives of two stargazers who meet on the terrace of a housing society by chance. Over days, the stargazing sessions turn out to mean so much more.

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A Book that Startles and Saddens

June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng is a story that startles and saddens repeatedly and one that has several important lessons for parents. It’s a book that has stayed with me months after I have finished reading it.

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Nine Women

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

Nine women. Nine emotions. And their waits. Here are nine bite-sized stories centered on women featuring the navarasas Śṛngāram (Love), Bībhatsam (Disgust), Hāsyam (Mirth), Bhayānakam (Fear), Adbhutam (Wonder), Raudram (Anger), Kāruṇyam (Compassion), Vīram (Courage) and Śāntam (Peace)..

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Categories: Flash Fiction Projects

The Nathan Sisters

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

Four sisters get together to form a WhatsApp group. A story about a special kind of sibling-bonding.

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The Cats’ Circle

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019

What does it mean to enter a house as a pet kitten and break into the circle of friendship forged by four older cats living there?

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Meenakshi Amma

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019

In the lives of two women brought together by circumstances, joy once lost slowly finds its way back.

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Sugar, Chilli, Pepper, Salt

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019

As a hot summer day unfolds, life unravels in mysterious ways for four people. Anupama Krishnakumar writes a story filled with sugar, chilli, pepper and salt flavoured moments.

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Categories: Fiction

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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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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