by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 7, 2025 | Fiction
Swiping left to right and back again, Sailesh was in a quandary. This decision-making caused him more distress than the outside temperature of 45° C. Here, he was seated in his bedroom sweating over which reel he should upload first- the one where the train...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 6, 2025 | Poetry
He came home dripping wet, to a mother’s happy sigh. Relieved to see her family back in her coop, Safe from the pelting rain and the howling squall, Though, bringing much-needed relief to the scorching land. And just as suddenly, he found himself pinned to the ground,...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Dec 12, 2024 | A Slice of Life, Musings & Moments
As a Gen Xer, I thought my life was sorted until on a whim I joined two groups of fellow book lovers on Facebook and all of a sudden, I feel like the female version of Sisyphus. It wasn’t too long when I concurred with Sir Isaac Newton, though in a completely...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Dec 2, 2024 | Articles
I was reading a collection of Ruskin Bond short stories. In one of them, a little girl visiting her grandmother runs across the road from the house to the fields as the unknown beckons her. As I was reading, I wanted to stop her from venturing out into...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Nov 27, 2024 | Fiction
Place: The mythological museum – Gopalapuri As I stood in front of a very realistic portrayal of Baby Krishna, opening his mouth to reveal the universe within, I was instantly transported to Dwapar Yuga. I was taking my time visiting the mythological...
