Short-Stories by Manish Singh

          Niyati, Karma, and Waqt: A Romantically Philosophical Journey Everything was calmed, until Karama entered the premise of the Waqt. Waqt which was a place people dream about. However, Karama had never dreamt about Waqt, and Waqt could not attract Karama till now.  But today, Niyati was there, and Karama was compelled by his emotions to come to the premises of Waqt.  When Karma entered, Waqt was smirking, but Karama was smiling on that smirk as he knew Niyati can change anything and so do Karama and Waqt. Waqt felicitated Karama beautifully and allowed him to enter the premises. Karama showed his gratification and went inside the Waqt. “Do you remember, you never gave me importance,today you came here all alone and with a jovial face, what is the reason; now you understand my potential?” Waqt asked when Karama was striding forward to meet the Sanyog. ‘“I am Karama, and the divinely gorgeous Niyati is my world, and she is here in your...

  So…  it was such a dark night that I could not see the person beside me; however, I was alone on that road. I was returning home. And the rustling of dried leaves approached me. It seemed as if someone was walking toward me. But no issue, who cares? As I could not see correctly in the dark, I kept going. ‘Bro… you don’t get scared in this dark,’ a mild voice came into my ear. It was horrible for me, and I tried to turn behind, and then… ‘O.. oh… no.. no..o, don’t look back, haven't you heard that one should not look back while going through a deserted place and it dark,’ I heard the same voice again. ‘What the f…,’ I murmured, being hell scared. ‘See, here I am not to scare you, so be relaxed; I want to accompany you to your home; if you wish, I can enter your home too; it's up to you. I tried to look beside me and see that strange person's face. His face was looking weird and very scary. I was putting my best effort to hide the horror. ‘Hey, don’t feel weird; I promise y...

Like every year, this year you are also going to make some resolutions for 2024. Most of us will be trying to make a resolution to complete last year's resolution.. I did several times even my resolution are static... This year I am not going to make any resolutions, because this year has given me a lot that will keep me away from any resolution. Here I am going to share those lessons with you. However, this can be subjective, but believe me you will relate with it thoroughly, and it will help you to get some clarity about your surroundings transpiration; and it will help every age group excluding some enlightened souls.  Therefore, I request you to read it and take some useful learning of life from here and try to understand it and assimilate it if you think it is useful. My greatest lesson of this year is to understand the value and potential of PATIENCE; yes this is my great learning, and it took almost my entire life till date to know the power of patience. Earlier I was havi...

  'You know you are looking so handsome, Latika will be happy to see you today during wedding', Sneha spoke her mind, no idea it was flirt or simple appreciation. Jay was getting groomed as it was his wedding's day.  Jai Could not take it easily, he reached the cloud nine, and says, "I have given opportunity to you to get marry with me, but you did not give it a chance. Now Latika will be that lucky girl". "What if I ask you now to get hitched with me, will you marry me?" Sneha jovially delivered this robust statement in shallows way. Jai wrapped his right hand's fingers around the right wrist of Sneha, and dragged her towards him. Because of this sudden jolt, the feet of Sneha moved lately but upper body touched the chest of Jay instantly.  Sneha chinned up and started looking into the eyes of Jay with puzzled eyes with shrunk forehead. Jay pulled her again and this time Sneha's and Jay's bodies could feel each other. Jay tried to kiss Sneha...

  Charbagh Railway Station, Lucknow, taken by my phone, Nokia 2700c           My First Smart-Phone I was working on my desk, and suddenly, my mobile fell on the sturdy surface. But my heart did not skip any heartbeat. I picked up the phone and only saw if there was any crack; however, there was no hairline.  I still remember when my father bought me a Tata Indicom CDMA connection. It cost 1000 INR, but it had a talk time of 600 rupees; technically, that phone was worth 400. One day, I was fiddling with my mobile while I was standing. That tiny mobile slipped off my hand. While my mobile was falling, I had thought about many things. It was like my world had ended. My surroundings had become calm. In that one second, I found my world ruined. When my mobile hit the sturdy floor, my ear heard a heart-wrenching thudding sound. I had lost hope in my life. However, I tried hard to stop it before it touched the ground, but who could avoid destiny?...

It was bright day, but he was feeling dark in front of his eyes. In that dark he was seeing only one face and it was her face only. The optic nerve was generating the visuals from eyes, but all visuals were getting replaced by her face only. It was like that optic nerve is redirected to the neocortex and thalamus, because mental work space has only one picture and it was her picture… His heart was crying and feelings was giving its company, and mind was perplexed and it was in dilemma what to do, sometimes it wanted to control the intensity but mind had also fallen in love with that face only. It was so wonderful, when Sameer was with her even if it was normal relation. He was happy with everything. He never thought that he would fall for her so deeply. It had been almost a decades when Sameer has felt such kind of intensity towards someone. He was a well matured guy, but still his maturity was not helping him to get the fuck out of that feelings. He was trapped badly with ...