Most of his life Sugam has hid his face from people. He was 12 when a deadly disease left him with big pockmarks on his face, after which, he was afflicted with another skin ailment. He had to be forced to go to school where the other children would mercilessly make fun of him. The …
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Soul Tales: Magical Fables
My very first ebook in the Soul Tales series, Magical Fables, is now published. A collection of short tales - the story of an unusual saint in a desert fortress ... the lost legend of a silent tribe ... an encounter with a forest deity ... a strange haunting at a seaside heritage homestay ... the …
Golden Antlers: A Christmas Story
The holiday season had just begun. The little village was lit up like a fairytale garden. Colourful fairy lights sparkled magically on the trees and the row of quaint wooden houses. The first snow of the season had started falling a few days ago, and a white fluffy carpet covered the streets. Though there were …
The Essence of Infinity
The trekkers had never ventured to this part of the hills before. The group of 16 were in their early 20s, all final year students of an engineering college in Bhopal. In the next three months they would all go their separate ways and this would probably be the last outing for them together, before …
The Manifestation
Shontu lived in his dilapidated ancestral home in one of the labyrinthine bylanes of Varanasi. He was an idolmaker, a seventh generation one, and the fifth son of his father. While all his elder brothers had got into different professions, Shontu continued to carry forward the legacy of his forefathers – for he loved his …
