“When I am your age, I will just relax. I wont work, will just sit at home and chill”. She gave a non committal smile and moved on, how she wished she could have shrugged. When you work in your 50’s , you get to hear this quite often. “Ah why do you need to… Continue reading Cos I like being on the move #FictionMondays
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The Daughter I Never Had
This is Part 2 of a short series I wrote about relationships that are not picture perfect, they do exist and its important to acknowledge that not everything is perfect, the stories of strained relations need to be told as well. You can read Part 1- “The Mother I never had” here https://akswrites.com/2017/05/20/the-mother-i-never-had/ As I… Continue reading The Daughter I Never Had
House Husband – Micro Tales
“House husband” ” “Loser “Sissy” they guffawed when he quit his high profile IT job to raise the twins while his wife was in the echelons of her career. Today as he stood nervously on the podium launching his cookery show, people clapped, whistled and “House husband ” was trending on twitter and on everyone’s… Continue reading House Husband – Micro Tales
Gender Neutral- Flash Fiction
As much as people talk about a gender agnostic world, little changes. Women earn the bread but continue to bake it single handed- Payal sighed. Vidhi looked at her, a crease of worry appearing on her brow. As she heard a giggle nearby, she turned and saw her kids Rohan and Rhea playing “house house” as Rohan… Continue reading Gender Neutral- Flash Fiction
Micro Tales-Labelled
Accused of being a bad mother, one who worked leaving her kids at the mercy of maids, drank and partied till late hours and she had the audacity of leveling charges against her “good” husband. As the prosecutor grilled her and questioned her capabilities as a mother, her little daughter cowered in her seat looking… Continue reading Micro Tales-Labelled
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