January 13, 2024

Fiction

Selma Carvalho

By Selma Carvalho

The Friday they leave for a weekend in Belgium, Anju discovers Freddo is cheating on her. She doesn’t share her knowledge with him. What she should have said was, ‘Freddo, I’m tired of this shit. This time, I’m leaving.’

Her heart feels like it is going to stop breathing all on its own, distinct from the rest of her. The pain is so intense, she realises it is possible for the rest of her body to survive the carnage, while her heart, expelled from her being like a refugee, would simply die.

Salil Chaturvedi

Selma Carvalho

April 16, 2018

Goan short stories

Nina awaits Mrs Kamath's Decision

Selma Carvalho

April 16, 2018

Goan short stories

By Salil Chaturvedi

Issue no. 8

Nina really missed being a Coppersmith Barbet on Ramesh’s scooter. The twenty-minute ride was the most thrilling part of her day. She struggled with the scooter as it went up the hill and then she dived downhill in free flight, the wind whistling by her face.