Tagged: microfiction

Red Tea-Party

We were having dinner when my father announced, “Tomorrow we are going to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur.” I burst with excitement and joy, “really, baba?” Many of my friends have been...

Purgatory of Hope

‘Shafaq, I just don’t feel this has ended or it ever will. These ladies will never be able to feel safe in this place’. Lalita exclaimed in fear. Her teatime discussion had to be...

The Last Cup of Tea

Year: 1947 It seemed like any other evening – or maybe it wasn’t. The disastrous announcement which triggered the bloodiest upheavals in human history was made just a few hours ago and with it...