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Weirdos roam everywhere around us, at times they move within us too. However, one cannot be definitive about the salient features or the rich attributes that make them so. The short stories of this book do accept this fact and therefore, the titular characters described in those stories are not marked out as them, leaving the onus on the intelligent readers to judge for themselves.
Stories from India is a vibrant collection of stories and poetry capturing India’s diverse cultures, rich traditions, and timeless folklore, offering readers a heartfelt glimpse into the spirit of Indian life. This is the fifth season of Stories from India series while the first season started in 2019.
“This heart yearns...for the salt of unsmelt air...unswept thunderstorms...unknown adventures.” - Sanober Khan
Kālike kālarātryāḥ, krūraṁ tāṇḍavamāśrite | Saṁsāramalanāśāya, mṛtyuṁ nṛtyasi sā'mbike || O Kali, dark as the night of destruction, In your fierce dance, you embody the storm, Dancing upon the decay of the world, You, O Mother, dance with death to cleanse all life." "We are the voices within... Are we tied or are we bound?" Short stories or poetry based on women and freedom. Raise the girl to be the "kali" within Raise the boy to protect the "kali" ahead.
“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” ― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
Hilariously simple stories, simply told. The express purpose in presenting these stories in some kind of a book is trying to make the readers crack their lips a bit... to the extent that should it amount to snarls or howls or indulgent baring of the teeth or malevolent grinning or suppressed wrath is entirely their discretion. We know how hopelessly we are cast in the matrix of eternity, but to our immense benefit, the Creator has let there be on earth millions of gloriously unpredictable characters who have also been eternal sources of mutual entertainment, fun and frolic! Some of those characters just happen to lurk... in The Cheerless Chauffeur and Other Tales! If you’d only permit me to...!
Explore the World of Tiny Tales with characters drawn to each tale.
“A city isn’t so unlike a person. They both have the marks to show they have many stories to tell. They see many faces. They tear things down and make new again.” ― Rasmenia Massoud, Broken Abroad
“...I almost made it. But unfortunately, just at the final moment of exit I accidentally brushed against the goon standing there, and his gun fell to the ground. Before the goon could react to that I acted impulsively and with a good presence of mind. I instantly stooped, picked up the gun and handed it back to him with a sweet smile. The bewildered thug also managed a grin, and as I made my last move to exit he said to me in a rather paralyzing perplexity, “You gotta be a good man! But many good guys gotta die sooner than others! Nah..?” he hollered in great merriment over his own humor. “Enjoy the night, goodbye!” he rather guffawed out the farewell to me. I smiled weakly back at...
You won’t find it hard to find a laugh…if you want to. It’s all around you. You find it even in the most stressed situations, in the awesomely fearsome moments, in the height of boredom times…not to speak of the hilarious situations that abound at your home or in work places or on the streets or in public places or anywhere. You don’t need to make caricatures out of perfect human beings to find it…you only need to delve into your inherent observational prowess. Hark! The characters described in this book could be the real ones…moving behind you or in front of you…mixing with you all the time. No kidding…honestly! Try this book to find out! Make laughter a way of life. Laugh and let laugh!