Writers Pouch

A twenty-three-year-old Aparna works at a shopping mall and is accused of theft one day. To walk out scout-free, she is to please her manager. Listening to bad advice, she caves in only for her mistake to be eternalised by somebody. What happened, and could Aparna save herself?

In a world ruled by a few barons, there is growing discontent amongst the educated youngsters who cannot help but see that everything is, more or less, actively designed to enhance mindless consumption. It tells the story of a youngster who feels more alienated from the society she lives in than ever before. Even when the modern world is offering more and more every day.

For five years, Siri’s marriage has been a quiet battlefield. Her husband belittles, controls, cheats, and turns every day into something smaller, harsher. Then one evening, she comes home to a stranger wearing her husband’s face. He is silent. He cooks dinner. He smiles without a sneer. The violence she learned to brace for is gone, replaced by a calm so steady it feels like a warning. When the truth surfaces, Siri must confront a terrible question.

There was once a bud called Lily locked in a flowerpot, yet curious about the world she lived in. She wished she could walk, run, or fly at least once to witness the beauty around her, but since she couldn’t, she pleaded with her friend Bailey, the Butterfly, to help her. So did the Butterfly, until one frightful night when Mother Nature intended to fulfil their wishes by demanding a one-time price.

Some relations are so fragmented that respect, & commitment are never even discussed at start or later.

Emperor Akori is summoned to the astral world & before he leaves, he crowns his daughter.

To hope that people accept each other and respect each other without judgement is ideal but not real.

Is it true that all casual relationships are genuinely casual? How can one point to anything and say, “This is where it becomes serious?”

Ages ago, same-sex relationships were outlawed; but now, they are not illegal anymore. Why is that?

An unwelcome touch, a searing look are ways in which people indulge in sexual abuse.

This stark and haunting poem confronts the moral cost of ambition and the painful cycles of sacrifice and betrayal that shape human relationships.

Filled with an insane desire to meet the devil, a middle-aged man visits a place called the Child’s Wail.

Bhargav is spiralling towards his failure & is embracing his madness. What happened & what led him there?

Long ago, in the ancient Vindhya kingdom, there lived a devout priest of Goddess Kaali called Bhadra.

Are humans only as powerful as their thoughts? Does karma affect them? Does God exist? Is evil subjective?

In an unprincipled world, people dance to the rhythm of the monkey drum, played by those with influence.

Demanding a ride on a temple elephant, Prince Indrajeet is told that he has to earn his ride. He disobeys.

Jealousy compounded with insult leads to anger that pushes people to make reckless decisions and wish ill-intended harm on others.

When Ana’s introverted colleague Felix suddenly quits his job to search for a mysterious “Señorita” and leaves out of the blue. Ana seeks help from her old friend, a psychiatrist, to find him.

Told through the chilling perspective of a predator, this story exposes the insidious logic and entitlement underlying sexual violence.