Category archive for ‘Short Story’ 
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A Mistaken Love Story
This is a story, but a real one.
There was a bloke by name Sachin. He was an Anglophile (who had unfathomable love for English and things associated with it). He was a very studious, hardworking, an altruistic and ‘no-nonsense’ guy. He had excellent communication skills and endeared himself to all by his pleasing manners and etiquette.
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Good Wife
One morning Doctor Suleiman Alim looked up from the Business Section of the New York Times and saw his wife. He was hit solidly, as if it were a blast of hot air, with a feeling he could only think of as surprise. Tahira Naqvi writes more.
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Story of Okpoko
There was a bird, called Okpoko, whose head was odd and abnormally large. Other birds of the air frequently teased him and made disparaging remarks about his appearance. They did so with intent to hurt his feelings and to provoke him into a fight he could not win for they always teased him in league. The rapidity with which they hauled insults at him was inconceivable but he remained cool and refused to rage. Augustine Ohanwe writes more.
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Last[ed] Loved
Here’s an unusual story from an unknown author. It exemplifies love, concern and compassion. We are sure you will love it, as much as we do.
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Spirit of Diwali
By Ramdeen Kumar
Chandan put fingers into his ears trying to evade the noise from hitting his ear drums. It was a Diwali night. The entire city was lit up. Fire crackers were exploding everywhere. Chandan was lying on a dirty wooden bench in one corner of a Dhaba in which he worked, trying to fall [...] -
Waiting For Buddha
In 29 A.D. Srong-Tsan-Gampo of Yarlung dynasty ascended the throne at Lhasa and the behest of his two queens (one from Nepal and other from China) introduced Buddhism in Tibet. However, it was under his great grandson Khrisong Detson that Tibet became Buddhist. Padma Sambhava, a Tantric Buddhist living in Udayna in North West India, [...]