Editorial
Posted by Editor in Editorial, Issue 4, Issues, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 6 Comments
In the name of His Majesty Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar, the Emperor of Hind, the Light of the World, the Pride of the Faith. Tasleem! Nacheez ko Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib kehtay hai. You all have always known me as an indulgent and whimsical poet. But trust me when I say this that I [...]
Blind Date
Posted by Miss Cellany in Issue 4, Issues, Miss Cellany, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 3 Comments
Dear Diary, Now that I’m legally blind, I have decided to buy a cane. You see, the traffic is driving me mad. I just cannot walk on the roads without being hit! Bloody cows. And buffaloes. Add a bunch of mysteriously thinking motorists at the helm. Idiots. They never understand. We could get each other [...]
Old Flame
Posted by Mani Padma in 55 Fiction, Creative Writing, Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 6 Comments
His rheumy eyes searched her out among the morning crowd . She was still seated on that bench. Looking ethereal. Ageless. She looked at him and smiled shyly. A first. His heart skipped a beat. After months of pursuit she finally acknowledged him today. Life was beautiful. For widower Mr Garg, life began at sixty [...]
Love’s Labour Lost
Posted by Wise Bachelor in Fried Guest, Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 4 Comments
As I walked into a quiet, dimly lit Tibetan restaurant in North Delhi’s Majnu ka Tilla area, I found the man— after whom the place has been named— sipping Coke and enjoying tingmo (a Tibetan delicacy). “As-Salaam o alaykum, Majnu sahib. All well?” “Wa ‘Alaykum as-Salaam, Wise Bachelor sahib. Jab life ho out of control, [...]
The pursuit of good money
Posted by Parashar Borkotoky in Issue 4, Issues, Sections, The Pursuit of Good Money, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
If you are a believer in the broader idea of a global recession that enveloped the world in 2009, it can probably now be argued that we are near the end of the downturn and possibly at the cusp of a recovery, even if it is a supposedly mute one that is characterized by continuous [...]
Wise Bachelor
Posted by Wise Bachelor in Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Vol. I, Wise Bachelor on 15. Feb, 2010 | 3 Comments
Q. I am about to get married to a guy, but before marrying him, I want to know more about him. But it is really difficult to arrange a date with him, as his mother doesn’t allow him to take his cellphone out. So, whenever I want to go out with him, I have to [...]
I Need You….!
Posted by Rakib in Creative Writing, Issue 4, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 4 Comments
All the pictured moments are scattered all around me. All the perfect moments are lost in the darkness. Memories of you are hunting me like my shadow. I can’t take this no more, I need you now.
Just Once Again…
Posted by Jumi B in Creative Writing, Issue 4, Issues, Poetry, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 4 Comments
Gone away are you, away from me, In search of an inexplicable something; Dispersed are those moments, dispersed with time-
Another Love Story
Posted by Mani Padma in Cover Story, Fiction, Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 5 Comments
Part – 1 Air, water, earth -three elements of nature- How naturally they coexist. Each in perfect harmony with the other. If only it would have been this easy among us humans…to coexist…. without complications…without threatening the essence of each other…
How not to be a facebook mo(m)ster
Posted by Pavithra in Issue 4, Issues, Random Take, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 7 Comments
This piece is for Noyon – he asked me to write about love. But asking a woman who is experiencing quarter-life crisis to write anything on those lines is a little more than a serious crime. With the way pesticide sales are rising and the US is exporting genetically modified corn, I am already wondering [...]
Good News
Posted by Fried Eye News Service in Good News, Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
Manas sanctuary set to get 6 rhino guests Manas Sanctuary is all set to get 6 more rhinos afresh. Courtesy US Fish & Wild Life services( FWL), International Rhino Foundation( IRF), and World Wild Fund (WWF). These agencies are implementing the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 aiming at increasing 3000 Rhino population in all the seven [...]
TV Viewing is Harmful to Children
Posted by Child Guest in Children's Section, Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 4 Comments
Hello I am Srajan ! I study in the ninth standard and just as it happens in every school, we too were given an assignment in the form of preparing a debate. As it again happens I took the help of my chachi to prepare my speech or rather points and thanks to her I [...]
The romance that gave you goosebumps
Posted by Shishir Gautam in Issue 4, Issues, Movie Desk, Sections, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 8 Comments
Love is in the air. Okay, we can overlook the love lost between Shah Rukh Khan and Shiv Sena because this is supposed to be the Valentine’s week after all. And I am sure it would be terrible to not celebrate it in style… and with movies. Movies have always been a great way to [...]
Tulip
Posted by Hashan Hazarika in Issue 4, Issues, Sections, Through the Lens, Vol. I on 15. Feb, 2010 | 7 Comments
“Are you giving TV free with this?” “aap bhi kyaaa bolte sirjee” “1kg mutton 350 rupees…You will not take much time to become a rich dude” -He paid for the mutton. Then he went to the florist at the corner. “Hello ma’am, can I have some yellow tulips” “Oh sure my son” – the 70 [...]
