by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Priyamvada struggled to keep a straight face. Her struggle had started as soon as her Gynaecologist, Dr. Silvia Robertson had broken the news to her. She remembered the conversation in her clinic. I should control myself, she thought to herself. She owed it to...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
It’s claustrophobic and dark inside. Though I share the congested surroundings with 19 others, I feel alone. We don’t speak to one another though we are thoroughly bored and looking for a way to escape the confined space. I smell. Badly. All 20 of us smell and I...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Their tails wagged whenever they saw her emerging from the building entrance, she was their only benefactor. A permanent scowl adorned her face. The people in her building avoided speaking to her. And they hated her penchant for feeding assorted stray dogs who...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Radhika and her husband, Neelkanth landed in Mumbai early morning, on a Sunday. Radhika cosied up to Neelkanth, her hands clasping his right arm, eyes tearing up, their taxi speeding towards their destination, Wada. “Neel, I hope we did the right thing, coming back...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
“Such a beauty! Is she a movie star?”, the girl doing the facial of a masked lady on the back of the Salon, asked Aliza, the girl who was straightening my hair. When I visit this place, I ask for Aliza, the ever-smiling girl. I could feel the admiring glances from...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
“La pila de, Sathi…” Ummm, what more does an old man want. A single malt in hand, on the rocks and the soft, mellifluous voice of Pankaj Udhas for company. As I settled into my throne, my favourite, soft, rocking sofa, I reached for some salted nuts kept on the...
