Yours Gulaabi : Chapter One, Petals

Yours Gulaabi : Chapter One, Petals

11 Min Read | 16 Loved | 227 Views
25th Oct 2026 | 5:07 PM | Druva Karthik

“Maama.. Maama..” I screamed and cried, hoping he would hear me, turn around and come back for me. But he never came back. All i wanted was to go back home and be with my mother. I didn’t know that I had been sold for ₹10,000 that night! The life i had before that night […]
She Was There All Along

She Was There All Along

29 Min Read | 21 Loved | 482 Views
12th Dec 2025 | 11:11 AM | Druva Karthik

Long before adulthood complicated everything, there was a childhood that felt simple, careless and wonderfully ordinary… Shaped silently by a girl I didn’t yet realise would mean everything. If you ask me when our story began, I won’t be able to tell you. Some relationships don’t announce themselves, they simply grow with you quietly, like […]
The Malleshwaram Trio

The Malleshwaram Trio

10 Min Read | 14 Loved | 635 Views
10th Sep 2025 | 9:11 PM | Druva Karthik

After a restless week at the hospital attending back to back surgeries, I was finally at home in Houston, sinking into a long overdue nap on a Saturday morning. The phone rang. Half asleep, I reached out blindly and cut the call, convinced it was just my alarm. A moment later, it rang again. Annoyed, […]
The Girl I Met on the Metro

The Girl I Met on the Metro

12 Min Read | 45 Loved | 1099 Views
5th Sep 2025 | 11:11 AM | Druva Karthik

Everything feels perfect before marriage, laughter, latenight talks, endless hangouts, but some moments can never be recreated. They can only be felt, like a soft echo in the heart. We were a group of four friends, bound together since school days. Our bond had been effortless, stitched with secrets, mischief and unspoken understanding. But nothing […]
Threads of a Teenage Heart

Threads of a Teenage Heart

9 Min Read | 16 Loved | 388 Views
2nd Sep 2025 | 6:18 PM | Druva Karthik

It was the summer holidays of 1981. I had just finished class 9 and was about to step into 10th. Our home was a small flat in Bombay, perched above streets that never slept, a place where every sound and sight felt alive. Bombay wasn’t just my city, it was my whole world. I loved […]