by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
The Queen Mother had made up her mind. Her daughter, the beautiful, almond eyed Sayantani, wouldn’t marry any mere mortal King. Though pleasantly plump, her eyes were like madhushala. Anyone who met her gaze would drown in their depths and become delirious with...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Trivandrum is famous for the Shree Padmanabha Swamy temple. My wife, myself and our daughter were proceeding towards the temple, when suddenly we heard shouts of “MUNDU…MUNDU…”. A portly gentleman came running towards us gesticulating wildly....
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
The phone rang shrilly disturbing the Saturday afternoon siesta of Mr. and Mrs. Braganza. The Mrs. answered. “Hello…oh hi, Maria. How are you?…Oh, a feast. So nice of you…yes, yes, we will certainly come tomorrow.” “Who was it, Julia?”, asked Tony or Mr....
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
What was my crime? Why did the man in the black boots target me…was he from enemy country? why? Why kill my friends… Why did he do this? Is he coming towards me? Let me hide under the desk…are those black boots approaching me? Why is he is wearing a mask , but those...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
It was time. Soon the courtroom clerk would come to me, open my arms with a creak, which has developed over a period of time, and withdraw the required documents from my belly. From the time, many years back, when I was brought here fresh from the Godrej factory, I...
by Yatindra Tawde | Mar 2, 2025 | Short Stories
“Maa, this is my fiancee, Jackie”. This was the crisp and unusually short message on WhatsApp, sent to Mrs. Ranga by her son, Mahesh. When she heard the notification go off early morning, two smiling faces greeted Mrs. Ranga. One was her handsome lad,...
