Author: Billa

  • The Break Up

    I was looking at a photograph in my wallet, when a snob walked in, saw the picture and threw a nasty remark. For a moment I forgot everything, the office, corporate world, and gave a full blooded punch on his face. He reeled from the effect, held his hands against a bloody nose and ran…

  • The Actor

    It was a hot day, Zafar felt the heat, in spite of the Air conditioned car. Are we there yet? he asked his chauffeur. No sir there is a block ahead, and we might be a bit late..stammered the old man. Zafar didn’t like to be late. Now what..mumbled the star. The chauffeur lowered his…

  • So Far So Good

    I remember the first thing that came in my mind when the clock struck twelve this new year eve was “i am not going to let this year out of control”. If you take out a couple of failed attempts at the GMAT, a crush that Crashed, a bad Accident, and getting kicked out of…

  • “Minaminuginte Nurungu Vettom” A Story

    It was such a relief to watch the river flow, the slow rhythm of the waves bring about a sense of calm. I never heard my wife come there. “Mashey, Breakfast is on the table and the medicines…”. “On the cupboard” I finished. “Don’t forget to eat, and if I leave now I will reach…

  • The Portrait

    A long weekend, and i am sitting here watching the rain flood our streets. The power is off too, so that should set the tone for the weekend. It has been so boring till now, i wonder if it is going to be the same for the next two days. I pulled out a drawing…

  • Feel Like GOD

    “Feel like GOD”, that’s what the sticker on my bike says. I do feel like one when I am on it. The exhilarating feeling when you race on it is something unique. I took my bike and went out for a late night drive. I liked to go out for a drive in the night,…

  • The Choice

    Only a few days into college and this girl was making waves. She was everything a guy wanted, and everything one hated. Beautiful, smart, haughty, arrogant you name it, it would describe her. A fresher making so much news in college was unheard of. Me on the other hand, was famous for all the wrong…

  • One in you

    It had been a long tiring day for Martin, a professor at a prestigious business school. He had given three – hour long lectures and had faced a volley of questions from the students. He loved his job. He was good with words and that made him more endearing to the students. However, today’s sessions…

  • The Dream

    The DreamDecember 1st 2007, Friday. It had been a long tiring day. My Roommates had gone out for the weekend, I was alone in my apartment, and bored. So I picked up a beer and sat before the Idiot box. Again nothing interesting. May be it was the beer; I soon drifted to what I…

  • My pursuit of happiness

    We meet so many people in our lives; we hear a lot about some; and we read about so many others. We get to know some of them, while some of them are just an acquaintance and the remaining whom we never get to know. However, all these guys do affect our lives in some…