

Gay Hoga Sala (He Must Be Gay)
As published on Readomania ‘What’s so funny?’ Aru walked into the bedroom with the coffee tray. It was a Saturday morning, that too a rare one with their daughter at a sleepover since last night. ‘This idiot!’ Suman responded, still smiling. ‘He is posting gibberish on our WhatsApp group.’ Aru was intrigued. Her husband’s college WhatsApp group named ‘The Mavericks’ was mostly a forum for crude sexual jokes which caused a different kind of amusement. ‘What kind of gibberish?’


Janmashtami
As published on Cafe D for Blacklight Aditi could feel her internal panic level rising even before she turned the corner from the stop sign. If the line of cars were any indication, she was late. The line into the temple for Janmashtami darshan would be at least an hour long, and the temple would probably run out of prasad by the time they finished darshan. Stupid Indians. She muttered under her breath. No matter which land, they flock to every possible event with the entire