Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “Faheem! Wake up. It’s almost eleven.” Faheem rubbed his eyes for a while. Life started a few hours ago. He kept lying in the cot for he was…
Category: South Asia
‘Of Heroes and Hopes’ by Naheed Muqeetulla (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology There was something very intriguing about the new watchman’s daughter. She was perhaps my age, about twelve years, only much thinner and shorter. She never said a word…
‘The Mystical Music’ by Sheila Samanta Mathai (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology The first time I heard it was in college in Pune, late one evening, many years ago. The campus was overgrown and the road was lined with Ashoka…
‘Five Hundred Miles’ by Sabiha Armin (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Hopes and visions of the beloved country were flying high in the form of the national flag. In that breeze, an anthem blended, an anthem that had integrated…
‘Tangerine Sky’ by Samyak Ghosh (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology With the thunderstorm ceasing and sudden departure of the inclement weather, Rana decided on opening the drawing room window. He loved the cool breeze wafting through the crevices…
‘Annapurna Devi’ by Abha Iyengar (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Annapurna Devi. Goddess of Plenty. My parents had been ecstatic with the name chosen by the pundit for me. I would want for nothing. The pundit was my…
‘Love and a Wedding’ by Vipul Rikhi (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I met the girl I fell in love with at the wedding of my closest friend. I met her at the moment that she was getting married to…
‘Brink of a Beginning’ by Ankita Banerjee (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Two things happened in quick succession after her mother’s death: her father retired from the pharmaceutical company where he had worked for more than thirty years and Niti…
‘Blood Ties’ by Vandana Kumari Jena (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology No one took Sudeep seriously when he complained of severe backache. “Hypochondria,” I chuckled. I was the wife of a hypochondriac. “Must be the armchair,” suggested Dr. Natrajan,…
‘The Time Has Come’ by Sangita P. Menon Malhan (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “I don’t care how you manage it but I want you home on Friday,” said Mrs. Chatterjee to her eldest son. And although he was thirty-seven, he still…
‘The Date: 26th December 2004’ by Nishath Nizar (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Little Raju was asleep in his little cot in the town of Velankanni in Tamil Nadu. The time: 5.30 a.m. Mother Thresia was up and awake to go…
‘The Departed’ by Vijayender Cherupally (India)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology When I opened the window, I felt it was cold. The sky was cloudy, but I felt like going out for a stroll. I looked at the street.…