Short Stories

Him

A power cut in a Mumbai night leaves the world quiet, dark, and strangely intimate. In the stillness, she moves through memory, comfort, and playful tenderness with someone who knows her almost too well.

How to Become a Black Cat

A girl moves through childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood carrying unseen fractures from friendship, family, and belonging. She learns and changes in unforeseeable ways.

The Realities of a Golden Retriever

He is the school’s golden boy. Effortless smiles, perfect scores, and a reputation that seems to glow on its own. But behind every “easy” success is something more.

Midnight Ramen

A quiet late night ramen shop becomes a stage where fleeting romances, quiet loneliness, and soft laughter linger in the steam. A student tries to hide behind a bowl of spicy noodles, only to be gently interrupted by an unexpected guest.

Poetry

A Tulip Flower

This poem reflects on how easily we can mistake change for failure, reminding us not to take life too seriously.

Masti

This poem attempts to express a Hindi word’s essence, because mere translation struggles to carry its meaning across.

My Old Cotton Shirt

This poem attempts to give tangible form to the quiet warmth of true, comforting love.

Jackets

This poem attempts to encompass the complicated feelings of friendship.

Something Forgotten

This poem attempts to put into words a question philosophers and scientists alike have probably had for years.

Anxiety

This poem attempts to explain why writing have the urge to write.

Hindi Poetry

Sitaaron Mein Dharti

This poem attempts to convey the feelings of unrequited idealized love.

Yeh Mann

This poem attempts to explain how an overthinker’s heart operates.