By Neena Badhwar PLAY: Buddha and the four women This play is based on the fact that one cannot achieve enlightenment like what King Siddhartha did in one life time without the help of people around him. They say ”˜There’s always a woman behind a man’s success’. In King Siddhartha’s case, for him to have […]
By Suman Khanna Aggarwal So, summer has finally come, mused six year old Krishna, as he sat next to the dustbin outside the house where his mother worked as a domestic servant. It was a blistering hot afternoon in June but the little boy did not feel the heat. In fact the hotter it got […]
A short story by Anu Shivaram Our monthly team meeting was almost coming to an end and the last person had just switched off his presentation when Gavin from the other team came rushing towards us. He looked totally confused and flustered. He walked towards our manager Andrew and whispered, “Man, that young intern of […]
A short story by Rajpal Sandhu In that freezing cold night, even the trees seemed to be giving an illusion of the paranormal. I’d just finished my studies and started driving a cab once a week. The Saturday night’s take helped cover my entire week’s expenses. It was 2AM. Still an hour to go […]
By Neena Badhwar Our house backs on to Elouera National bush. The dining room overlooks on to the top of the trees. So we live with the Parakeets, Rosellas, Kookaburras, and at times an occasional Kangaroo or a […]
Bodhidharma, the third son of a Tamil Pallava king from Kanchipuram, who had awakened his kundalini and mastered the martial arts, went to China in sixth century and was supposed to be more than 150 years old. Bodhidharma visited the Emperor Wu (Emperor XiÄo YÇŽn è•è¡ (posthumous name WÇ”dì æ¦å¸) of Liáng æ¢ China), a […]