What difference is there then between what I remember and what I imagine, and can I imagine what I cannot verify and still sincerely consider it as the truth?

Five years back, when Shrinkhala was preparing for her twelfth grade examinations, she encountered her fate.

Mrs Pradhan, like thousands all over the world, had forgotten her place in her world and her destiny had been obscured.

When he was done, he looked at the winding road. Something inside him stirred. A strange, mysterious sensation was pulling him towards the road.

For the past few years, every day had been an uphill struggle for Sita to survive. But never did she think of giving up.

He dwelled in his imagination seeking solace, truth and happiness because reality offered him none.

Anderson started calling out his wife’s name hysterically, but no one was there to help him. He was convinced the porter took off with his belongings and something horrible had happened to his wife.

Gyan Kumari could not make much of Gauri, for she didn't speak much, but her eyes held a deep sadness.

Although he had walked this road daily for a year, today he was conscious of a strange change. His instincts were screaming at him. Holding his breath, he paused and looked around.

Two years passed with no information about Junkiri. And Sunkumari had forsaken all hope of ever seeing her daughter again.

The way the everyday Nepali accepts things as they are, makes for an almost stoic approach to life.

The news of the blacksmith's wife breastfeeding the Brahmin’s son spread across the village like wildfire.

As the birds would come back to their nests, Nancy and her Amma would sit under the banyan tree. And Amma would tell her the story of a myna bird.

The rain was getting heavier followed by the hailstorm. Despite the turmoil in the background, Krishna was lost in silence

"Isolated, I reflected on the harsh realities of life during lockdown. I realised that I was living in a fool's paradise."

The news that her father would be returning from that faraway land was like an asteroid striking the earth to devastate her world.

She called herself an antaryami, the one who knows things not known to anyone else, the one who can predict the future.

She’s an erudite, pretty, eloquent, courteous girl and if I portray her as anything more, you’ll think I’m exaggerating.

Bewildered, he moved around aimlessly, waiting for his mother who would never come home again.

You find it very hard to let go of your selfish being. You don't dare take your life; instead, you buy a ticket to a faraway destination.