The Geecologist

The Second Bakery Attack

The Second Bakery Attack

Dec 1, 2018 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

I’m still not sure I made the right choice when I told my wife about the bakery attack. But then, it might not have been a question of right and wrong. Which is to say that wrong choices can produce right results, and vice versa. I myself have adopted the...
The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths

The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths

Jun 10, 2013 | Fiction | 0 comments

It is said by men worthy of belief (though Allah’s knowledge is greater) that in the first days there was a king of the isles of Babylonia who called together his architects and his priests and bade them build him a labyrinth so confused and so subtle that the...
Hunger

Hunger

Jan 16, 2011 | Fiction | 0 comments

Flies and gnats stuck to the paper and disturbed me; I blew on them to make them go away, then blew harder and harder, but it was no use. The little pests lean back and make themselves heavy, putting up such a struggle that their thin legs bend. They just cannot be...
Malgudi Days

Malgudi Days

Jan 4, 2009 | Fiction, Short Stories | 0 comments

The Blind Dog’Know what happened!’ cried the blind man. ‘This dog ran away. I should have died in a day or two, confined to my corner, no food, not an anna to earn – imprisoned in my corner. I should have perished if it continued for another...