Tag: fiction

  • Buddy The Elf & Crime Junkies.

    Buddy The Elf & Crime Junkies.

    The telephone rang like an accusation. Not a polite ring, not a missed-call courtesy, but a shrill, bell-ridden insistence, as if someone had wired December directly into the receiver. It was the kind of ringing that demanded to be answered immediately, without context, without caution. On National Crime Junkie Day, ignoring a ringing phone felt…

  • MC the BodhiJivi

    MC the BodhiJivi

    FROM GODHIJIVI TO BHODIJIVA: THE TROPHY DISCIPLE MC’s story began the way all great tragedies begin: with purity, innocence, and a mother so central to his existence that the phrase “mother is his life partner” wasn’t metaphorical—it was a lifestyle. Godhiji wasn’t just the emotional core of the household; she was the gravitational field that…

  • Violence and Voices.

    Violence and Voices.

    “Domestic gaslighting isn’t loud; it’s the soft erasure of women like Janna, whose unseen labour props up households that refuse to acknowledge her existence.”

  • Common Sense,Skeptism and Awaiting the Barbarians.

    Common Sense,Skeptism and Awaiting the Barbarians.

    Maa BrewMala, once Bulli, brews wisdom with humour and tea. A reflection on common sense, skepticism, and the inner barbarian—steeped in clarity and chaos.

  • Static Lines and Other ways to Say Good bye.

    Static Lines and Other ways to Say Good bye.

    The radio crackled, daring Vijji to text her ex. What began as idle curiosity unraveled into a breadcrumb trail of ghosts, nostalgia, and oddly satisfying closure.

  • “Elastic Nation: Why We’ve Unbuttoned Our Clothes and Our Culture”

    “Elastic Nation: Why We’ve Unbuttoned Our Clothes and Our Culture”

    In a world of zippers and emojis, “Count Your Buttons Day” feels like archaeology—and “Everyone Writes Day” like detention with better Wi-Fi.