Thirty years later (2)*

“Amma must be home”, thought Amulya, trying to remember whether she’d told her mother she would definitely be eating out, or said it was a possibility. “So it doesn’t matter. Except that Malini would be angry at how inconsiderate I am.” The thought of the bossy old lady who helped out at home made her [...]

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Thirty years later

“Thanks, andi,” the Neighbour held out a large envelope. “My mother was so happy to see the photograph. We were able to get a digital copy made and printed it out for her, you see? And she is planning to get it framed. He meant a lot to her, you know.”
She took the envelope, smiling, [...]

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Half a world away (1)

He closed the book, marking his place carefully with a leaf, and stretched. Stretched, he thought, as if I weren’t long enough already. Opening his eyes with a smile, he sat up against the tree he’d parked himself under, two hours ago. The morning walkers had left, and the kids hadn’t arrived yet, so this [...]

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