MOM

  I wrote this piece of fiction in response to the prompt, "MOM" given by Corinne Rodrigues of The Frangipani Creative.     Photo by Albert Rafael from Pexels Veerendra said, “If you don’t quit your job, having a baby is not a good idea. We won’t be able to give time to the little one.” Sowmya agreed…

RED ROSES

RED ROSES  Photo by Irina Iriser on Pexels   I have written this story for the prompt "Red Roses" given by a creativity blogger, Corinne Rogdrigues from The Frangipani Creative.   There are cosmos, daisies, hibiscus and several varieties of roses in my 80 sq ft garden but the red roses are everyone's favourite. Beside…

CRIMINALS IN DISGUISE OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS

Besides the little knowledge I gained from reading crime thrillers, I do not know much about crime, criminals and criminology.  Nevertheless, I am sure that any act of violence against innocent people is a crime. And one who instigates a crime is as much a criminal as the one who commits it. Of late, I…

His Miracles

    When success came, I felt proud; I rejoiced; I celebrated and enjoyed the attention and admiration and all the happy things that success brought with it.  I attributed my success to my focus, skill and industry. I thanked God for His grace and went to the temple of Lord Krishna to offer Him…

A Proud Mother of a Son

A wrinkled face with a beautiful smile, frail-looking strong hands, endless enthusiasm, undying hope and compassion to animals,  Bharatamma, a washerwoman by profession and ‘caste’ (in ancient India people were divided into castes based on their professions – some like Bharatamma still own the profession of the caste they belong to) is one of those…

Six months into 2019 and I…. #ZombieBlogHop

Six months into 2019 and I thank God for his mercy every day.  On the New Year eve the doctor read the pulse of my daughter, who fainted during the celebration, and said  “Your daughter has only 1% chance of survival  even if you go in for a surgery." She was suffering from a congenital…

Teamwork

    ... we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." –  Mother Teresa Everyone in our family agrees that my cousin, Ammadu makes the best mango pickle in the family. Last month I was there when she was making it. Ammadu doesn't make the pickle all…

Borrowing Words from Other Languages #WritingWednesdays

The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.” – Italo Calvino When you want to say it the best way…

Grief #WriteBravely #Write Tribe FoW March 2019

"...thou shalt not grieve for what is unavoidable." - The Bhagavad Gita Veeraiah's six-year-old son was found dead near a lake in their village. It was obvious that he was poisoned. He ate a deadly poisonous fruit of an ivy that grows on the walls of a dilapidated well in Nagendra's jowar fields. Nagendra's men did…

…one insult and all confidence shatters #WriteBravely Day 6 Write Tribe FoW March 2019

I hear a thousand kind words about me and it makes no difference yet I hear one insult and all confidence shatters. – Rupi Kaur Rupa was the topper of Sri Ram Institute of Medical Sciences. Her humility and readiness to help her fellow students made her quite popular among the students. Many junior students,…