by Bhavani Sundaram | Nov 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Introduction Happiness — a word so simple, yet so elusive. We spend our lives chasing it, believing it lies somewhere in the next success, the next relationship, the next milestone. But what if happiness was never meant to be pursued? What if it was always within us,...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Nov 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Introduction Some stories are not written in ink — they are written in water, in wind, and in whispers the sea carries from one lifetime to another. When the waves spoke that morning, Sheila did not understand them. She only knew that the sea, her silent companion for...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Nov 2, 2025 | Short Stories
Introduction They say that love is found in the grand gestures — in poetry, in flowers, in moonlit promises. But sometimes, it lives quietly in the steam of a single cup of tea. This is the story of Afzal and Sabeena, two simple souls from the heart of Delhi who found...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Aug 23, 2025 | Short Stories
By 11 a.m., Sheila felt like she had already lived a full day. Tiffins packed, breakfast served, lunch cooked, her mother-in-law fed. Her back ached, her eyes burned, and all she wanted was ten minutes of silence. She dropped onto the sofa with cucumber slices on her...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Aug 23, 2025 | Short Stories
After his wife’s funeral and the thirteenth-day rituals, retired postman Manohar finally left his village and came to Mumbai to live with his son, Sunil. Earlier, whenever he had suggested moving in, his wife would gently stop him.“Why should we interfere in our son’s...
