Noncompetitive

  • Impressions

    Taran held up a 1 rupee coin, examining the track. The spot had to be flat enough to keep the coin in place, but curved enough to make full contact.It didn’t really matter where he had got the coin, did it?Samyuel kept watch. The train would not sneak up on them, but adults might. Jyoti’s… Continue reading

  • Velocipede

    The ground, the tables, the umbrellas, were styled after a “french” cafe. Meena still had some trouble placing where France was in the world – across an ocean-river from where the Queen lived – As England was an Island similar to Ceylon. Well, more countries to it – or at least had the will to… Continue reading

  • Indicative of Concern

    “I got a letter from the school” “They can’t take your diploma back. That’s illegal. No matter how little you use it.” Usha’s response was quick in a way that suggested the though had been on her mind. “Hew heu. No. Apparently they don’t have the phone number or file, not that it would have… Continue reading

  • A Peredharna Excursion

    Continuing from https://setting.sudrien.net/2025/06/a-peredharna-engagement/ Shimla, by intent, is always cool. Summer capitol on of the old Raj, it was meant to counter the malaise of lower elevations. It was to be like summing in the alps – civilization in an out of the way place – even though the geography lacked mountain valleys free of the… Continue reading

  • Does their Mother even read English

    “Alright. I’m out. What are the details?” The text finally came.“Really. she is not a small girl – obviously her parents feed her well. And her face is cute enough, I suppose. But either Kayam chose her because it mean he’d never have to talk again, or because she never gave him the opportunity to… Continue reading

  • Acarana

    “In the country where I currently enjoy citizenship, This” A bottle of Scotch, aged, sealed, appeared in her hand. The other dropped slightly, and two glasses appeared in the other,”It highly regulated. A good Muslim man has no booze in his household, and yet, it is still to be found.”There was an immense sound, and… Continue reading

  • Preoccupation

    She’d get in trouble. She had to get good grades. Had had had. Usha tried to listen to the lecture, tried to keep her notes in sync with the chalk on the whiteboard.She wasn’t zoning out. If anything, she was all too aware of herself. She was sure she could feel lunch slowly being pushed… Continue reading

  • A Peredharna Engagement

    They expected her to own a car. That was the explanation. SAMMANA owned several fleets, by what she had seen. They had drivers all over the country.None of which were available for a Gaya to Shimla trip, apparently. Or they were too expensive, or something.As it was, Samvrita Kachwaha was deputized to get there as… Continue reading

  • The night was a frantic one. Fires along the road, whaling, shouting – confusing even if it was a town she knew. But Meena didn’t know it. She had barely seen it by daylight. They would of course accuse her slow pace. not the meager food they gave her most days. Most days except the… Continue reading

  • Samvrita Kachwaha will eventually get to Peredharna

    They expected her to own a car. That was the explanation. SAMMANA owned several fleets, by what she had seen. They had drivers all over the country.None of which were available for a Gaya to Shimla, trip apparently. Or they were too expensive, or somthing.As it was, Samvrita Kachwaha was deputized to get there as… Continue reading