The usual path leading home was abandoned. As he pedalled along on his rickety bicycle, a movement in the shadows had him frozen. It was...

He stood alone in the darkness of the night, his drenched clothes clinging to his body. His slick hair no longer held its shape as the...

He frantically threw back his quilt pushing away and trying to escape the creepy crawlies inching towards him. Snakes slithered just...

One October evening, when the sun was setting, the orchestra of the birdsongs she would usually hear every day was replaced by an uncanny...

The chirping song of birds pierced the stillness of the warm, humid air. A merry murmur punctuated with hearty laughter announced the...

It took a few minutes for the tea pluckers to process the scene that met their eyes. They gawked open-mouthed at their favourite Chota...

The little toddler bounced in the high chair as if dancing to music. Her head and arms went up and down as the Ayah didi fed her dinner....

In the month of August, the earth and the tea bushes were ready for the rains to quench their parched soil. The maalis weeded the flower...

The early morning September sun was bright, casting its warm glow over the Assam tea estates. Brenda was gradually getting used to the...

It had been a few months since Kalyani had come to the Aibheel Tea Estate after their wedding on May 18th. She sat in the verandah,...

Our joy knew no bounds when my husband received his first "acting assignment". We moved in to the Chulsa Burra Bungalow in the winter of...

The adrenaline flooded the chowkidaar’s system, right into his blood at full pelt. He stood in the bungalow verandah with a monkey cap on...

He took a step back to admire the immaculately laid breakfast table, complete with the best crockery sets and silver cutlery neatly in...

She grabbed the warm shawl from the foot of the massive oak bed, wrapping it around her shoulders. She lit the candle on her bedside...

The relentless drip of provocative words by one of the tea pluckers and their union leader had washed over the brains of the mob. The...

She was rudely awakened by the loud sound of what seemed to be a damaged silencer pipe of a vehicle. It was way past midnight and she...

It was one of those days in late February when the kiss of coldness heightened the warm rays of the sun. The bright yellow ball of...

Time was indeed like water. It trickled down by the drop and at times was even frozen. But when the tap of enjoyment was open, it gushed...

She watched horrified as flames rose heavenwards, the fire engulfing the thatched roof. Suresh and Boden scurried with buckets of water,...

Strong October winds lashed against the windshield of the car as the chhota saab drove down the deserted highway of the forest crossing a...