Raya was a spirited 6-year-old girl. She lived with her grandparents and her mother at her grandparents’ house in a small village in South India called Mithra. Raya’s days were filled with going to school, playing with her cousins, and all of them listening to her Thatha’s stories on the veranda when the lights went […]
Maya wiped sweat from her brow as she sorted through the dusty boxes in her uncle’s attic. That’s when she spotted it—a spherical object wrapped in faded velvet. “What even is all this junk?” she muttered, unwrapping a perfectly round crystal ball. Maya shook it, expecting snow globe action. Nothing. “Is this from Crystal Maze?” […]
The late evening light cast a soft glow across her room. Masti sat cross-legged on her bed, laptop balanced on a cushion. Her heart was pounding—not from nerves, but from something far rarer: purpose. The blog was ready. She’d chosen a clean, simple layout. Pale lavender accents, moon and stars in the banner. The title […]
Saturday afternoon brought a light breeze and a familiar café patio. Masti arrived five minutes early, fidgeting with her sunglasses, scanning the menu without reading it. Then came Tara—grinning, arms open, the same way she’d always been. “Maaaasti!” she sang as she dropped into the chair across from her. “You look good! Less corporate-robot than […]
Evening settled in like a sigh. Masti had just closed her laptop, the last work email sent without a second thought. Her eyes burned, her back ached, but she didn’t move right away. Her phone buzzed. Tara 💬 Hey! You free for lunch this weekend? Been way too long! What’s new with you these days? […]
Dinner was instant noodles with a fried egg on top. Again. She ate it curled up on the couch, half-watching a YouTube recap of yesterday’s K-pop award show. As the last bite disappeared, her fingers reached for the TV remote before her brain could protest. Netflix’s autoplay splash danced across the screen. And there it […]
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