Summer vacations had finally begun and 15- year- old Mala was glad to be one of the lucky ones in her group of friends who would be escaping the sordid Bhopal heat. Her parents had finally decided to take the ...Read More
It is a girl. She is walking down an uneven path on the barren hillside, placing her feet carefully on the loose stones. Her thin brown fingers are curled around some ferns with white spore smeared undersides that she uses to stamp Christmas ...Read More
When they fought, he would make up. And eventually, in a few minutes, she would relent, and the world would be perfect again.
So when he left home to buy a strip of medicines that she needed, locking her inside the ...Read More
“I think I am in love,” announced A as she plonked herself on B’s settee.
“You think too much sweetheart…,” said an indulgent B.
“I think this time round it is the real thing.”
“You are always sure it is the real ...Read More
She woke up with a start; it was way past her regular time. She hurried through her morning chores and rushed to get to the water tap. Her toddler son on one hip, a huge stainless steel pot on another, ...Read More
My fourth daughter was born on the 12th day after Ganesh Chathurthi. She entered the world just as a bunch of people on their way to the sea, passed by my house. Amidst all that noise, my offspring made her ...Read More
Simi Chachi made the best lotus root saag, hakh, and rajmah in Srinagar. Her kahwa was redolent with cardamom and rich with thin almond slivers. She was popular all over Kashmir – not just for her saag or kahwa. she ...Read More
Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would turn out to be a Molu and ...Read More
One of our most popular writers, Uma Iyer has dreamt of Molu, a mischievous six-year-old for almost a decade now. She shares with the young readers of Unboxed Writers, ‘Meet Molu,’ a yet to be published first book of hopefully what would ...Read More
In her dreams, Innayat always woke up to the enchanting and re-assuring sound of the morning azaan, and opened the windows, which her nani would slyly shut after she had slept.
The morning breeze would bring with it, freshness and a whiff ...Read More
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar has been bringing over the past few weeks, a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella.
Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds itself close to ...Read More
Acclaimed author of The Dollmakers’ Island, Anu Kumar brings a treat for the readers of Unboxed Writers in the form of an unpublished novella that will be carried in nine parts. Here is a brief introduction.
Three generations of a family have maintained a hotel that suddenly finds ...Read More
