My evolution as a fiction writer is best read through these stories. A lot of these are not well written, but I still maintain them here to give myself a peek into my evolution as a writer over time.
Apart from this, I also ran and grew a short story magazine, Easy But Hard for about a year between 2020 – 2021, before stopping to write short stories (as I shifted my focus to screenwriting).
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Meta Hera Pheri
Babu Bhaiya, Raju and Shyam get a taste of the metaverse, in hopes of getting rich. You can imagine what the result is.
The social dilemma – money or followers?
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…
🌿Grass on the other side
⌚ 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…
🚚 One, two, three… sold!
⌚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,…
💭The cost of your dreams
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?
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…
Teslas are here – what’s next?
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…
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