He wanted to buy earrings for his girlfriend. “Diamond earrings”, he said to the salesman as we entered the jewellery shop. After 20 minutes, he finally found the ones which he loved. To see how they looked, he put one earring into my left earlobe and asked salesman for its pair. “I had given you…
Author: Kratika Singh
Sleeping Baby in Crib
“Shh.. Let her sleep.” Sheela whispered while arranging toys in the crib. Since she gave birth 2 years ago, I have lost my wife in motherhood. She is around but I still miss her. “Honey, do you want to go out for dinner?” I asked her and she denied as always. She is always busy….
Lazy Owner
He had adopted me one months ago. In shelter, I had heard him telling someone that he loved dogs and he would keep me happy. Now I know he lied. He never plays with me. He is so lazy. We sit around all day and watch TV. Who am I? A cat? But today, I…
Girlfriend Turned Into A Monster
“Jesus! Jenny, are you okay?” I yelled when I saw my girlfriend sitting on the floor covered in jelly. She had broken the jelly jar. She was cooking breakfast and apparently jar slipped from her hand. I asked Jenny to go and watch TV while I took charge of breakfast. I boiled 4 eggs, made…
My Baby’s Bubbles
Whenever I saw bubbles in her mouth, I reached for a camera before I reached for a napkin. She was 2 then. She looked so cute in all her photographs. She doesn’t like them, though. “Mom, why couldn’t you just wipe my face before taking my pictures?” She would ask me often. Once she had…
LOVE- NOT SO ETERNAL
Rita was writing her very first novel. Main characters of her story were in love with each other. Their love story in her novel went on for 5 years but Rita failed to keep the spark alive between them. Alia and Justin went through a lot of troubles but they overcame all the obstacles that…
The Serial Killer
It was blue silky ribbon with which that notorious serial killer used to wrap the box of cut up mutilated body of innocent people. Officer Justin had been emotionally involved in this case since he found same box five years ago at his doorstep. After his wife was killed, Justin only had his father who…
Simi’s New Child
Simi can’t take his petulant behavior anymore. When she told her husband that she wanted another child, she didn’t mean that her husband should become one. But she can’t blame him either. That guy has just lost his mother. So, Simi is just waiting for his mourning phase to be over. But, two weeks later,…
सुबह जगी नहीं तो ?
एक डरावना ख्यालमन में रहता है,नींद आती है परसोने में दिल घबराता है।कल की सुबह देखनी है परसवाल आता हैजगी नहीं तो ?क्या होगा आगेअगर मैं कलजगी ही नहीं तो ? सोते समय वो बातें याद आती हैंजो कही नहीं अब तक।पूरी पिछली जिन्दगी देख लेती हूँयादों के पन्ने पलट कर।कुछ शर्तें हैंजो मैंने पूरी…
मैं बादलों को छूने ..
मैं बादलों को छूनेआगे बढ़ती हूँ,और चलते चलते कहींभीड़ में मिल जाती हूँ।उस भीड़ से बेचैन होकरसपनों की तलाश में,उस रास्ते को छोड़करकहीं और चली जाती हूँ। कुछ गुमनाम सासूनसान साकहीं मोड़ आता है,किसी के साथ के इन्तजार मेंवहीं रुक जाती हूँ।उस राह पर जातादिखता है कोई।पर वो रुकता नहींऔर ना कोई जवाब आता है।सोचती…