Category: fiction

Published by Khabar Magazine on 05/01/2021 “What are you doing, Ammi?” I call my mother on a May Sunday morning. My husband, Suhail, is still sleeping. I glance at the… Read more »

Published by Schuylkill Valley Journal on 04/26/2021. This story was co-written with my friend, Sudha Balagopal. “We’re late for the Christmas party,” Rahul says. “Where were you?”  Rita’s back from… Read more »

Published by Reflex Fiction on 04/20/2021 I dreamed I would have a long, sleek car, on the backseat of which I’d lounge, my head resting on a husband’s shoulder, careful… Read more »

Published by Flash Fiction Online on 04/16/2021 Aziz Bhai slows down his bicycle, swivels his head to read the vinyl boards hanging above the shops in the bazaar. Though there… Read more »

Story published by Love In The Times Of Corona Chronicle on 04/15/2021. Which bed will you take? Carl asks as we enter the hotel room I’ve booked at The Smoky Falls,… Read more »

I recorded this story “I Tow our House” originally published in MoonPark Review for Micro Podcast series. Take a listen here.

The dog licks me awake. It’s dark in the living room except for a patch of streetlight from the window. I call his name. No response.  My temples throb. I… Read more »

This tweet story was published in Mythic Picnic’s Tweet Story Project V6 in May’ 2020: After I wave goodbye to you, son, I watch your tail lights disappear, then, roll… Read more »

“Diwali Mubarak,” I pack sparklers and rockets in a newspaper bag for a customer sitting astride a motorcycle outside my shop. He gives me 100 rupees. My daughter, Anwari, a fifth-grader, unlatches the moneybox to… Read more »

The sun soothes my achy joints. It draws away the chill from my recesses and warms my skin, which, once healthy white, has gone ghostly gray. Click here to read… Read more »