Snowstorm is blasting away! Trees and cars on the street are barely visible. Dharani is sitting by the window and watching the blast. “Thank goodness it is Sunday,” she told herself for the fourth time. Or else, it would have…
LIFE AS A RITUAL By Nidadavolu Malathi
Sitapati took his wife Sita to the restaurant on their sixteenth anniversary per local custom. Sita is watching the people around. There are about 2 or 3 at each table- a young couple, an old man and his wife, a…
SHORTCHANGING FEMINISM by Nidadavolu Malathi
“You held me tight in your strong arms.” Sita was sitting in the living room holding the 8-page letter Gayatri wrote to Sita’s husband Sitapati. The letter left a bad taste in her mouth. Her face turned pale. Sitapati has…
A Creator by Bommireddipalli Surya Rao,
Gangayya woke up early in the morning, took bath, put on ash patches on his body, the kumkum dot on his forehead, picked the machete and stepped outside into the street. He was facing the only problem—must earn the day’s…
Revisiting childhood by Kandukuri Venkata Mahalakshmi
Katyayini start wondering. To be frank, why is she going there now? Did her cousin and his wife really invite her because of their affection for her, because they wanted her to attend the wedding? Her cousin mailed the invitation…
BEYOND BELIEF by Polapragada Rajyalakshmi
She was new to the town to start with. On top of it, the houses were so far apart with huge open spaces in between as if they were flung around on purpose. The place was strewn with big bushes,…