Dream Home – Flash fiction – “the thing with buying a dream home is that after you’re done, there is no dream left.” – Arts Illustrated Short Story Contest Winner, August 2019
Wasted Lives – A day in the life of Ishwar Prasad, a professor teaching at a college with students whose intelligence, according to him, leaves a lot to be desired. Is there a surprise in store for him? – Spark, April 2018
The Sweetest Sound – My re-imagining of the last moments of the composer Vidwan Mysore Vasudevachar (1865-1961) who asked his grandson Vidwan S Krishnamurthy (1922-2015) to play the tamboori/tanpura for him. – Spark, Dec 2016
Home and Dry – The first monsoon shower is perhaps the most eagerly anticipated natural event of the year. It brings with it joy, excitement, the soaring of spirits and the plummeting of temperatures. It is just the right occasion for some familial love and bonding – Spark, June 2016
Fuddy-Duddies – Small town policemen are hopelessly behind the times, according to the protagonist in this darkly funny story. – Distant Echoes Anthology, Feb 2015
“The Appraisal” – Why does Ningavva go to Shekhar-Daaktar even though she isn’t sick? Reading Hour, Jan 2015
Blink – Reality and imagination merge in this disturbing story – Out of Print, Dec 2014
Homecoming – This is home, or is it? – Papercuts, Desi Writers Lounge, Nov 2014
“A Killer on a Coconut Tree”– A humorous story of an escaped murderer who takes refuge in a coconut tree, changing several lives while he’s at it – New Asian Writing Anthology 2014, Nov 2014.
The Awakening – One morning, Venkatesh decides to wear his wife’s salwar-kurta. Will the sight of his wife holding out their child in appeal, persuade him to change his mind? – Just Before Monday, DNA, July 2014 [Winner of the DNA-Out of Print contest]
Interlude – written is in the form of emails to a husband by a woman who has left home briefly in order to find herself again – Earthen Lamp Journal, July 2014
At the Wedding – A woman at the crossroads of life comes face to face with her past – will it help her decide? – Open Road Review, May 2014 [In the final shortlist for the short story prize.]
The Connoisseur – Women’s Web, Jan 2014
Kanchenjunga – The magnificent sight of the Kanchenjunga gives a woman a new purpose. – Winner, Tagore O’Henry Short Story Contest, Oct 2013
Duet – She’d just been singing in her own bathroom – she hadn’t done anything wrong, had she? – Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing, Sept 2013
The Star – A mother who’s obsessed that her child should be a star – eFiction India, Aug 2013 – Read it here.
“Hardly a walk in the park” – An elderly woman muses about her life in this dark, funny story – Pageturners’ Across the Ages anthology
“It’s A Small World!” – A woman who loves knitting is in for a huge surprise. – published in the short story anthology “Two is Company” – Jan 2011 – Unisun Publications
“All that Glitters…” A young boy works in a sweet shop, and is obsessed by a sweet he cannot afford – Sept 18, 2011 – Sunday Herald Short Story Contest Honourable Mention
“The Guide” – A couple gets lost in the forests – and gets unexpected help from someone. – May 3, 2009 – Sunday Herald Short Story Contest Third Prize Winner
“Letting Go” – Joyful!
Short Fiction for Children
Wrote the words for a graphic novel on the educationist Gijubhai Badheka, for Azim Premji Foundation, Bangalore, India (To be published)
The great jungle debate – Written for Pratham Books’ Retell, Remix and Rejoice.
Varsha’s Trip to Mysore – a personalized book for an underprivileged child, created through Storybook Me, May 2013
Noisy, Scary Monsters – Deccan Herald Student Edition, June 22, 2012
“The Scary Eerie Screech” – Open Sesame, Deccan Herald, Aug 12, 2011
“Amma’s Birthday Gift” – Open Sesame, Deccan Herald, Mar 5, 2010
“Sweetmeat Sankranti” – Open Sesame, Deccan Herald, Jan 8, 2010