Story Therapy

  A gripping tale of choices, consequences, and the love a man realises he lost only when it was too late. Story: S A Spencer Author of Popular Fictions :  The Pink Mutiny ,  The Black Waters ,  Dream In Shackles A Moment He Never Expected Arvind froze the moment he saw her. Anita stood near the arrival gate, dressed in a simple cotton kurta, her hair tied back the way she always wore it when she was rushing from college. But it wasn’t her presence that shook him. It was the man standing beside her. Tall. Calm. Confident. And holding her handbag as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Arvind’s suitcase slipped from his hand. Anita smiled politely. “Arvind… this is Rajiv.” Her voice was steady. His world wasn’t. Before he could respond, his phone began to ring. And that was when everything truly began to unravel. The Restlessness He Never Understood Months earlier, long before this airport moment, Arvind had convinced himself he was suf...

 After months of wandering the streets, can this stray cat finally find a permanent and loving home? Story: S A Spencer Photo by   Akira   Author of Popular Fictions :  The Pink Mutiny ,  The Black Waters ,  Dream In Shackles “What happened to her? Since last few days she is not coming to meet us.” Leena asks me while we are halfway through our evening walk. We’ve treaded the same route for almost ten years now, and it has become second nature. Most probably, she was not even born.           “Sounding like she is your second daughter!” I chortle.           Leena replies with a mild giggle. “Then you are also her father.”           “Maybe she is just a stray cat.” I reason to convince her, but my eyes circle around in case she would be hiding next to a parked car. Initially, we had thought she belonged to somebody. Possibly to the owner of the house in front of wh...