I always chased love and lost it every time, I thought that I had grasped it. Love has betrayed me, shattered me, destroyed me and yet I was always pulled towards it as an insect is pulled towards fire. I always felt that I was waiting for someone in this transit of world, that I [...]

COFFEE The mosquitoes always make sure that I don’t sleep more than I need to… and at times… not as much as I need to. Let me introduce myself. My name is Alfred Francine Douglas… known between my friends as Alfi. I am a 71 years old, Anglo-Indian living in the economic capital (Kochi) of [...]

Moth Stories: A son’s quest for his father’s attention takes him to unexpected lands.   Link to this post!

Till his eighteenth birthday the young Neangir lived happily in a village about forty miles from Constantinople, believing that Mohammed and Zinebi his wife, who had brought him up, were his real parents. Neangir was quite content with his lot, though he was neither rich nor great, and unlike most young men of his age [...]

My grandparents sent across a message asking us to come for a new yam festival and we attended. It was a time we eagerly awaited for in the year, though we did not attend it regularly, but it was a time we received the best attention from grandmother who over-pampered us and lavished gift on [...]

Loving you is all I have……   I never thought that I could love someone like this, Days have passed, trying to forget, trying to do something else, Sharping my mind on things I’d loved to do, Still I could not turn my back to the one I only have.   This I want to [...]

“This place looks deserted.” Adam reached for a stool at the bar after a quick scan of the surroundings. “Just wait till ladies night arrives. Those fireflies go berserk then” said Alicia. “Yeah. But fireflies? Let me guess… That’s nightclub lingo for…… people?” Alicia smiled wryly at him. “I’m not a big fan of metaphors. [...]

When time ask for us to decide; things seem too difficult to discern. Sometimes we wanted to escape, living everything behind. Escaping somehow is the easiest way to do; but we know that reality will always hunt us wherever we go. To decide important parts in life; seems breaking us apart.  It stops our heart to [...]

Ten days have  passed, but still bleeding and bleeding….. My crying parents have no idea; they say, “Cursed.” I am laughing… but, It’s not a joy. I am laughing at my mistake. Everyone’s heart has been exasperated. A prayer, a prayer, a prayer…… I call my lord, please save me.   It has been cursed [...]

Nameless is without identity, nameless is anonymity. Nameless is an unspoken rift, nameless is the direction of a drift. Nameless is a smile in pain, nameless is a glare in disdain. Nameless is love and faith, nameless is betrayal and hate. Nameless is a role without authority, nameless is my entirety, my identity. Link to [...]