The wrong turn

The car broke down in the middle of a dreadful night. "Aray Yaar!! Not again. You and your Dakota car!" Raju opened the car door and kicked the tire. He continued in the anger "I had told you to rent a good car instead of yours. It's already late to reach the resort. Mannu kaka …

The Mango tree #ThursdayTreeLove

Today's edition to TreeLove is a tree from our native (Udupi) garden, commonly found, our national fruit and the King of fruits - Mango. Its everyone's favourite, delicious, good for summer! The Mango tree is scared to Indian culture, it's part of every auspicious occasion. Every part of the Mango tree is useful. Leaves are …

The promise

It was a scorching humid day. I have asked him to meet at the beach during sunset. It might rain but promised him to come as he said its bit urgent. The sea waves are boisterous and tides are high. He waved a hand and sighed. "Wanted to say goodbye one last time". "What?". "Huh.. …

Let it go

Until last year, everything was shiny and happy to Vinita along with her cute little family. She had inherited a big villa surrounding wide space for a garden and also a big open park just opposite the house. It's the perfect environment to live healthily. The tree planted five generations back had grown massively and …

The Battle of Frog Prince

The heir has arrived finally in the Red-eyed King Brownie's royal family. He is little, shiny and charming among the rest of the dozen tadpoles who survived against the odds and entered the planet of life. The King declared him as his successor and left to the war which was ongoing from the last two …

Cap Seller #FridayFictioneers

He was standing at the corner of lawn selling caps from last two days. Reena observed and warned her son as not to speak to any stranger. "Hello uncle, you are here! Where is the candy"? "I will get it tomorrow my dear". Reena saw her son speaking to the cap seller, petrified and shouted …

The Indian Breadfruit #ThursdayTreeLove

This is immature, 2 years old yet yielding fruit, called Indian breadfruit tree. It belongs to Jackfruit family and tropical tree. I found this in our farm at native Udupi. My FIL has planted many good fruits and flowering plants. We call it as "Jia Halasu". It is also known as "Deevi Halasu" and "Jeerige …

New Normal #writephoto

The usual buzzing sound of parking vehicles, a huge gang of mixed aged people competing to take a turn to stand on causeway posing for the clicks, small boats are racing and riding people for fun, small food stalls buzzing with crowds, serving juices and icecreams earning their livelihood. I must patrol over the area …

Reconnect our inner child

My son BP turned five on this 2nd May. He is still too young, but I started feeling and treating him as grown-up after my toddler arrived in our life. I sometimes forget about his innocence and expect a lot from him to be perfect and more responsive and don't realise that he is still …