DevVani - Short Stories

"Ye Un Dino Ki Baat Hai" This is a story from those days when there was no Whatsapp, there was no Facebook, there were no mobile phones, there was no instant gratification, there was no email! We are talking about times of landlines. We are talking about times when if you didn't have a landline at home, you were dependent on Red Telephones set up all over the country. You could insert a 1 Rupee coin and speak for a minute. When there were 10 secs to end the call the phone would beep - you had to either insert another coin or finish your conversation! Tough times for communication when you compare it to today. But the world was a great place even then! So, we are talking about the year 1998. The year which was changing the political framework of the country. The year which changed the image of the India as a nation - India had become a nuclear nation with the Pokhran tests. The year that established Karan Johar as a talent in Bollywood with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai! A lot was ha...

Yash and Dhiren were like brothers more than best of friends - born in the same year, only 25 days parted their Date of Births. Both of them met when they became neighbours. The new house had got them new friends. Both of them didn't ever know that what started as playing catches in the society compound on the first day would become such great friendship over the years.  Their families were amongst the first ones to move in to this new housing complex during the summer vacation. Hence when they moved in, for the lack of other kids around, they spent most of time playing together, sharing stories, books etc. Coincidentally both of their parents decided to take admission in the same school. Yash and Dhiren would now spend even more time with each other and became really good friends. All the school years were brilliant, they made some great memories together - from being punished together to having a crush on the same girl and one making the sacrifice for the other one. It was all su...

Aakash used to love to sit by the window, sip his rum, listen to Rafi and observe the mist in the hill as it got dense! He would often sit and wish - like the mist clears itself in seconds, someone should help him clear the mist that engulfed his life! A life which he enjoyed thoroughly with Pooja around. As both of them passed out of their B-school with flying colours and high-flying jobs they had committed to each other's company for life. Years after they got married and after many attempts at increasing the family lightning struck when they got to know Pooja had a very rare medical condition which prevented her from becoming a mother! This wasn't so much of a problem because both of them had instantly agreed on adoption till the Dr. Avinash broke the news to them! Pooja had a very rare medical condition which had gone unnoticed in her regular medical checkups and could lead her to death in a year. All hell broke lose! Aakash tried frantically to figure out a doctor and a so...