This story originally appeared in my short story series – Easy But Hard. To receive similar stories every week, sign up here. “Bhai sahab!” Ajit said standing in front of the Bhaidaas chaat stall. Bhaidaas listened to him while flipping aloo tikkis on the hot tawaa, “Pay me 5000 rupees and I’ll post a good review of your stall […]
Category: Short Stories
⌚ Reading time = 5 minutes This story originally appeared in my short-story series, Easy But Hard. In this series, I take a look at stories of people that are easily forgotten. Subscribe to add a small dose of fiction in your busy inbox. The other side “Howdy?” Amar asked Sadaa after opening the door […]
⌚Reading time – 7 minutes This story originally appeared in my short-story series, Easy But Hard. In this series, I take a look at stories of people that are easily forgotten. Subscribe to add a small dose of fiction in your busy inbox. “Truckwaale.com, a startup founded in 2016, once valued at over $100 million, […]
A story of a dreamer who goes out of his way to achieve them.
Shubham wants to be an F-1 racer. Can he be one, without the required money?
A story of two small businesses competing for the same customers. Who wins?
Early retirement
A short story about how a cricketer had to retire without playing much cricket.
This is a story about how some people never get a second chance.
The Water Boy
This story originally appeared in my short-story series, Easy But Hard. In this series, I take a look at stories of people that are easily forgotten. Subscribe here to get short stories delivered to your inbox every other week. “Bhaiya, chalenge?” I asked the auto-rickshaw driver. This was the fifteenth rickshaw since I started waving […]

The temperature this summer was the highest in the past fifty years. The summer sun was blowing fire on the faces of people. The city buses, trains, cars and trains had their cooling systems working at full capacity, resulting in hot air from exhaust pipes and air conditioners spreading in the air, intensifying the heat […]
Critic’s rating

The story of a movie critic.
Shutter down

The story of a village where a factory is refusing to pay the workers.