Some More Short Stories

• Dinosaurs were lucky- lived life on their own terms, died without drama.

• The lady in black is so cheerful, she doesn't give an impression of being a widow.

• We are so hopelessly used to shallow living, even the fish prefer deeper waters.

• We wish Mondays to go extinct. But then, won't Tuesdays be the new Mondays?

• There is a cure for cancer, but none for lust.

• Honesty and satisfaction are expensive; deceit and contempt- cheaper.

• "He whistled", "They catcalled", "He tried to catch hold of my dupatta". Mum said, "shh".

• Her derailed vermillion and kohl-rimmed eyes screamed and pleaded against the beatings. It was the mangalsutra hanging around the neck that inflicted more pain.

  

• There were petrifying screams throughout the building, and when everyone had got used to the periodic bellows, suddenly a strange calmness enveloped every corner. The baby got out motionless, as if compensating for the disturbance her ailing mother had just caused.

 

•  He had three young children and dreams of their prosperity. All that was needed to turn him hopelessly hollow from within, was a downpour. And while a couple rejoiced at the heavenly petrichor, the children realized that they had been orphaned.