My Blogging Journey

It was December 31st, 2010  and I was sitting in the Computer Lab at SZABIST 90 working on a group project with my group mates sitting on either side of me. They were working on their parts and I sat …

Birthday Special

It was her birthday and she was lonely. It was the first time ever that Sophia was away from her family on her special day. A day she always cherished and a day she always celebrated. She got to cross …

My Favourite Bookmark

Once upon a time there was this page that sold bookmarks. I liked two bookmarks on their page and wanted to buy them. One a silver quill with some black strips attached and one this Eiffel one. The silver one …

Zoe And The Hospital

Zoe was at work on Friday when the notification light on her phone started blinking. Letting it be for a while, she continued with her report she had to finalise. Once free, she picked up her phone and switched to …

Calm Before The Storm

The featured image has been Googled and has no bearing to the story  apart from being a pencil. ***** Raza could see Zoe was about to snap. He had known her for a mere months but he thought he could …

Slaying Her Dragons

Sitting by herself in the cozy café, she could feel peace coursing through her. The chartering of people all around her came as if from behind some thick veil. She was in a world of her own. “I must do …

The Blue Door

“You should be doing your homework, not staring at it.” Her father’s stern dictate had Salma come out of her reverie and look around. Her father sat in his plush arm chair holding a newspaper in both his hands. It …

She is Beautiful

She is beautiful. This was the first thing that came to Farzad’s mind as he saw Zahaa walking towards him. Not towards him specifically but in the same direction. Her hair flying everywhere in the wind. Clad in cream coloured …

Change

This story was written for my Book Club’s short story competition and won second place. ————————————————————————————————————– Anaya smiled as she laid her son in his cradle. She had come a long way. Smiling as she sung her baby a lullaby, …

Writing…

It was a long time back that I wrote a short story named “Excellence at Work”. I still remember that at that time I was still in school. This story that I wrote was part of an assignment our English …