by Bhavani Sundaram | Mar 2, 2026 | Short Stories
Introduction This is a story about beginnings that arrive quietly. Not the kind announced with certainty or celebration, but the kind that unfold slowly—through shared silences, hesitant conversations, and the courage to remain open after loss. Where We Began...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Mar 2, 2026 | Short Stories
Small Stories, Long Echoes Some lives arrive as whispers a cup left warm, a chair pulled close, a name paused before saying. Nothing dramatic happens. Yet years later, the heart remembers the way a silence stayed and refused to leave. We think only thunder counts, but...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Feb 28, 2026 | Poetry
You said, “Wait here.” The word wait had always ended well before. Wait while I tie my shoes.Wait while I pay the shopkeeper.Wait while I open the gate. Wait meant return. You tied my leash to a thin iron pole near the park bench.“You’ll be right back,” you said. The...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Jan 31, 2026 | Articles
We cling to the past because we fear the unknown.hurt again?” What we fail to see is this: we are not our past.Our experiences and our pain do not define us. When we live in the present through the lens of the past, we set ourselves up for unhappiness. We begin to...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Jan 26, 2026 | Short Stories
Introduction Some crimes are loud. They leave blood, witnesses, headlines. Others are quiet. They leave data. This is a story about the second kind. Framed begins with a man who believes he understands his life—his habits, his routines, his silences. He trusts the...
