To the Guy I Liked Since 2016
To the guy I liked since twenty sixteen. Twenty sixteen is the year we matched on Tinder. I can’t anymore remember the exact month and day as I lost my first neon orange pink Huawei mobile phone under the sea [...]
The Mute Spectacle
"Ward boy needed in ward 18", the sound was such a pinching pain in the brain. The announcer lady had a voice like a steel plate rubbing on a sandpaper. I waited for some other person to step up and [...]
A student at 55! Old by age, young at heart
His little fatigued eyes full of invisible tears, his stooped shoulders tired of carrying burden, wrinkles on his face depicting a 70 year old man, and 365 days of continuous sweating were not enough to make him lose the battle [...]
Soul
I walk alone on the cold pavement of Repent Street. The air is cold , the night is dark and the emptiness I feel inside tells me the journey is not going to be easy . Unlike the tall glass [...]
Some Stories Don’t Have Happy Endings
Once upon a time... It's how usually a story begins. But this story isn't from ages ago. It's a simple but a tangled love story, that never ended. A story of Family, Friends, A girl, Her dreams and Life. Once [...]
The man whose name is ‘Love’
It was Valentine’s Day again – that time of year when couples went the extra mile to make their special one feel happy and loved. The old man saw the same thing year after year and he wondered why people [...]
IT NEVER ENDS
“One call can change your life”. I had seen this advertisement multiple times in my childhood, never expecting it was for me. It all started with a call. My name is Ashish. I was born in the ancient city of [...]
Online. A Revenge Story
This piece was originally submitted to Penmasters Administration Gawad Parangal Para Sa Mundo ng Literatura in which I got nominated as Most Promising Writer of 2019. But unfortunately, didn't win. This is my revenge story about one of my exes. [...]
A Letter To Myself: This Time, I Choose Myself!
Remember me? I'm sorry we didn't talk in a while and I know things have felt a little different lately but among all the sacrifices done for adulthood, not being able to spend time with you feels the worst. And, [...]
My one true love
A beggar sitting on the streets with his begging bowl and a belly full of hunger won't understand the subtle taste of sweetness in a black forest pastry or the tangy spicy tickle to the tongue given by the nice [...]
