Anger… It was an emotion not new to Sameer Maheshwari. He had been angry several times before – at an young age when he had realized that his mother had left him alone in hostel; when he had known the real reason of his mother’s hatred for him; when…

Fairlawn hotel’s lobby was a 2-stage affair with the reception and waiting lounge in a sunken circle in the centre, with golden tiled flooring that refracted the lights from the warn crystal chandeliers above. The three steps leading up to the perimeter were glossy black with gold border, and…

The big white bungalow in Ahmedabad felt utterly tranquil from outside but contained chaos inside as Vishakha Somani raged and sulked alternately at her father’s silence. It had been like this ever since Jaiprakhash Maheshwari came back from Mumbai a day ago. Munshiji had picked him up from the…

Located in the Prabhadevi neighbourhood of Mumbai, built in 1801, the Siddhivinayak temple is the most popular temple in the city. Everyday hundreds of people would visit with offerings, praying to fulfil their wishes. The Ashtavinayak carving on the wooden door, and the gold roof of the sanctum were…

Two days had passed since Nanu visit was cut short due to Deepika’s illness and he went back to Ahmedabad. Sameer refocused on his work refusing to talk about his family, though unknown to anyone he did make a call to the biggest private hospital in Ahmedabad in which…

Aman was busy in cross-checking the meeting schedules for the month to make sure nothing was overlapping with the personal appointments Sameer had handed over to him. January had started light, but now as they were moving towards the end of the month more and more requests for meetings…