by Yatindra Tawde | Nov 8, 2025 | Short Stories
Ashutosh overindulged himself when he had a stopover in Dallas and the Delhi Belly struck him viciously. He called in sick for the early morning flight and this time it was none other than his ex-wife, Margaret who was deputed to replace him.She was sleeping with...
by Yatindra Tawde | Sep 13, 2025 | Short Stories, Uncategorized
Who am I? I am just a cemetery, tasked with hugging the bones of departed souls. Today I have a story to tell. One day, they brought the body of a dead woman. Poor Annette, they whispered. Died due to a prolonged fight with Typhoid, poor soul. As they laid her body on...
by Yatindra Tawde | Jul 27, 2025 | Short Stories, Uncategorized
#ArtoonsInn #Five00-23 I stood at the airport, watching them walk away, not knowing when or if I’d see them again. As this thought crossed my mind, I had already decided that I was not going to see them again. Fools. And imbeciles. These were the only words...
by Yatindra Tawde | Apr 20, 2025 | Short Stories
12 years old Ayush looked dashing in the camouflaged uniform. His mother, Urvashi, pulled him towards her. “May no evil eye fall on you ever. Here, that should protect you from the evil gaze.” With that, she put a spot of kajal just behind his left ear. Rolling his...
by Yatindra Tawde | Apr 6, 2025 | Random, Short Stories
I reached the dental clinic with a spring in my step and an extra bounce in my fast depleting hair, such was my enthusiasm. My wife had insisted on accompanying me for this visit to the dentist, being concerned about my mental balance. After all, this was the first...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
I put the fear of God into these bi-pedalled monsters who trespass into my domain and mess up with me. However, one look at me results in violent shrieks and terror attacks in them though they usually come with their dangerous fire-spewing arms which they call guns....
