The most rivetting story you will ever read

There's something I want to tell you all today. Did you hear about the cat who wanted the plush cushion in the neighbour's living room? She was fed up of the hard floors and the hard humans who surrounded her. Her paws hurt and her entire being cried out for the soft, velvety touch of...

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Shinobi’s Quest – fragment #4

You are absolutely right, this should have been here way sooner. But hey, the happy side of the coin says that everything will move faster now. That means more fragments, delivered asap. Scout's honor (we can throw that around right? it's not sacred is it...). Catch up on the 3rd fragment here.   ‘Run, otuoto! I...

Oxygen? pfft. I have stories

Stories, man. What enchanting, wondrous creations. Figments of imagination that leap into existence, flowing bountiful from vibrant minds all over the world. Each one nestles in itself a strange universe, some quite like ours, and others that couldn't be more different. There is a gravity to these tales that draws us towards them, makes us...

Where’s the champagne dammit

We made it to 100 followers, people! I'm overjoyed as I write this, for obvious reasons. I was told a lot of things by a lot of people. "You need to have a certain theme for your blog, Saket", "You can't post anything, Saket", "People need to know what to expect, Saket", and I stood...

Shinobi’s Quest – fragment #3

Took me long enough to write this, but the good news is that this fragment will hopefully clear up a lot of bottlenecked questions that you all might have had. And if you're a newbie who happened to stumble across this, grab the preceeding fragments here. Happy reading!   Circa 1298 – One year before the...

Beyond the door

I am a wisp of speckled dust, floating serenely in a sea of night, be passionate yet aimless, I must, for these tunnels do not end at the light. I soar through ice and stone, circling their sleeping mother, A gargantuan orb all alone, and for me, a safe tether. I see a blaze in...

You wake up in a field, stark naked…

How's it going, people! This is one of the best thought experiments out there and a personal favorite. Let's begin. A time-machine transports you to an unknown time period. You're as naked as the day you were born. You look around and quickly realize that it's the medieval age, a time of kings, castles and...

The Liebster Award (and the Q&A you’ve always wanted…or not)

I'm hella grateful to the wonderful, Jaya, for nominating me for this award. Much love. Some of the questions I was asked : Which is/was the first destination on your Travel List? Why? Hmm, let's see...Iceland. Place is like a living memorial to Nordic lore, which I'm                  deeply...

Shinobi’s Quest – fragment #2

Read the first fragment here --------------------------------------------   He was running down a dark corridor, as cold as the void. The torches burned blue in their brackets, briefly illuminating the beads of sweat on his naked body as he flit by. He was tired and his legs felt full of lead but there was a rising whisper...