#stories - Verses and Hues

10 Mar

I wish you had a better husband, Mom

Milk on one burner; egg boiling on the other, bread slices in the toaster and tap running over vegetables. Latika was running from one corner of the kitchen to the other. Just then the doorbell rang. She ran...

#EachForEqual, #equality, #genderdiscrimination, #InternationalWomensDay, #IWD2020, #life, #shortstories, #stories

06 Mar

Gender equality at home!

Sarthak was playing on his play station when I returned from office. “Hi mom!” he shouted without taking his eyes off the sinful gadget. “Hi son! How was your day?” I asked, as I advanced to plant a kiss...

#discrimination, #EachForEqual, #genderequality, #inspiring, #shortstory, #Socialissues, #stories, #womenrights

04 Jan

Tanka: Armor of Tales

Sultan’s tyranny defied by a labyrinth mesmerizing tale alluring monarch each night bravo! wise Scheherazade Submitted in response to Carpe Diem #1338 where theme is “The Arabian Nights.”

#5lines, #Arabian Nights, #Carpediem, #japanesepoetry, #micropoetry, #monarch, #night, #poem, #poetrychallenge, #stories, #tale, #tanka, #theme

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I wish you had a better husband, Mom

Gender equality at home!

Tanka: Armor of Tales