The Magistrate’s Defence
Krittika Adhikary
(3 min read)
Their leader was accused of sedition, incitement to rebellion, and insulting the local religion
Vasavadatta
Non-fiction, Krittika Adhikary
(3 min read)
“Hi there.” A flash of newly-whitened teeth.
Charm flows like wine. He says, it’s not yet time.
“I’ll stay in touch,” he smiles. She barely breathes.
Inheritance
Krittika Adhikary
(7 min read)
But his smile was still there, still as warm as ever. And there was the old sky-blue Bajaj scooter behind him, his hands placed on it in a manner neither possessive nor neglectful.
The Road
Non-fiction, Krittika Adhikary
(4 min read)
How does one measure wrong? By its impact? By the degree to which it sets your blood boiling? By the permanent nature or otherwise of the consequences?
Harvest
By Krittika Adhikary
(3 min read)
Ten thousand years ago, a child
Walking in nameless Syria bit
Into a seed of emmer wild –
And the fate of men was writ.
In Which God Asks Us to Be Less Religious
By Krittika Adhikary
(7 min read)
“I do not want to worship from fear of punishment or for the promise of reward, but simply for the love of Allah.”
From Eden
By Krittika Adhikary
(5-10 min read)
He studied the delicate lines – the fine, defined lips, the high cheekbones and the smooth skin that seemed sometimes pale, sometimes honey-gold, sometimes brown in the changing light.
The Interloper
Anonymous Author
(5-10 min)
By the end of that month, he felt he had known Sandy for – well, if not for all of his life, then for all of it that mattered.
Beautiful Minds
By Krittika Adhikary.
And at sixty-three, with most of his mathematical work behind him, he wrote a charming essay called The Mathematician’s Apology.
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