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The Unknown Number

The story began with tea. It wasn’t ready yet. The door bell rang .The kitchen window enables me to see who rings the bell. I asked, “You want tea?” The face looking back at me had a smile , “You’re making tea? Then I must have a cup.” “Then wait there.” Whenever I go back …

Koh i noor

One Koh-i-noor

To my teacher Late Mrs. Chitra Srinivas, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi. The year 1910 was a relatively peaceful time in Indian history. King George V became king of England, while the effects of the Morley-Minto reforms continued to be felt with a greater role for native Indians in provincial and native legislative councils. Elsewhere …

Genie

The Wish

The story began with the sound of dried leaves being crushed under his feet. The boy was walking rapidly cutting his own way through the forest. The sun had just passed over the boy’s head. Without any sign of white (or even black) clouds, the sky filled its emptiness with sky-blue color and a white, …