Rajessh M Iyer

‘Ask the Horse’

The maddening pace of the horse jolted people on the streets. After all, it bolted through the crowded streets like…

1 year ago

The one in the mirror

The town was abuzz with strange news. A new store had opened with a peculiar name: ‘The Perfect Bride Store’.…

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Mystic Musing

The boatman winced the moment he spotted the haughty priest approach the riverfront. Like him, the passengers on the boat…

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Napoleon and the luck factor

The words took everyone by surprise. Here was the emperor, who as a commander had bestowed upon France its biggest…

1 year ago

The broken tooth

Soumya woke up with a strange sensation. A tooth in the left upper corner of her mouth was troubling her.…

2 years ago

Peace in cacophony

Restlessness was Rajan’s second name, though he often attributed that to his immense success as a corporate honcho. After all,…

2 years ago

Weeds among the wheat

The field didn’t resemble what either the farmer or his aides had imagined. Along with the flowering of wheat stems,…

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The ever-present watchman

Spiritual masters have unusual ways of making their disciples fully grasp the deeper meanings of life. One such was when…

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Flight of the dead bird

Mulla Nasruddin watched his son play and felt the young boy needed a live demonstration to be convinced of Nasruddin’s…

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The Other Side

The young man viewed the river with apprehension. It seemed to be an insurmountable problem since he intended to cross…

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Eloquence and wisdom

King Bimbisar preferred visiting Buddha’s vihar whenever he could since he found it to be a betterplace than his palace…

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Sita’s tears and the crane

The crane was inconsolable. After all, the event it had witnessed was traumatic, to say the least. It became difficult…

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