Category: IT’S INDIA, MY DEAR

neelwrites/anamebyanyothername/FRidayFictioneers/realisticfiction/shortstory/india/politics/29/08/2018

by neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS

  A NAME BY ANY OTHER NAME (Genre:Realistic Fiction) By Neel Anil Panicker She’s the antithesis of a politician. Well read, articulate, with an accent to boot. Quiet__it’s the modifier that best describes her. That ways Atishi, her first name, is a total mismatch. My pigdin reservoir of Hindi (or is that Urdu?) tells me … Continue reading neelwrites/anamebyanyothername/FRidayFictioneers/realisticfiction/shortstory/india/politics/29/08/2018

neelwrites/God’sdosownedcountry/Keraladiaries/sundayphotofiction/ThreeThingsChallenge/flashfiction/realisticfiction/200words/26/08/2018

by neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS

A ‘CLICKS FOR KERALA’ INITIATIVE KERALA DIARIES #02  (realistic fiction) ‘GOD’S DISOWNED COUNTRY’ By Neel Anil Panicker “God’s own country? That’s the tagline, right?” Paulose slurps tea from his half broken stain smeared glass, then turning to the man seated beside him, nods his head. ‘God dammed country’s more appropriate’. The question’s rhetorical; does not … Continue reading neelwrites/God’sdosownedcountry/Keraladiaries/sundayphotofiction/ThreeThingsChallenge/flashfiction/realisticfiction/200words/26/08/2018

neelwrites/aloveletter/sixsentencestories/mailbox/wordprompt/storystarter/flash/fiction/23/08/2018

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A LOVE LETTER By Neel Anil Panicker Forget people ever writing to him; no living soul had ever left so much as a pithy municipal notice in his tottering black paint smeared apology of a mailbox that hung precariously from an extended pole off his rickety hilltop hut that overlooked the vast expanse of the … Continue reading neelwrites/aloveletter/sixsentencestories/mailbox/wordprompt/storystarter/flash/fiction/23/08/2018

neelwrites/apocalypse/fridayfictioneers/kerala/tragedy/shortstory/realisticfiction/100words/22/08/2018

by neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS

IT’S A DATE PHOTO PROMPT © Carla Bicomong By Neel Anil Panicker Joshua, the 91-year-old patriarch of the Mathai family is an angry man. Patriarch and Mathai family__both are misnomers. Blame it on Nature’s fury. In just one night, the waters have swallowed his entire clan of 27. Three sons, their wives, their children, the … Continue reading neelwrites/apocalypse/fridayfictioneers/kerala/tragedy/shortstory/realisticfiction/100words/22/08/2018

neelwrites/gavinsmellie-thedrugstoryofindiacontd/fiction/novella/173words/FFfAW/21/08/2018

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GAVIN SMELLIE – A CANADIAN IN KOCHI CENTRAL JAIL By Neel Anil Panicker Gavin Smellie hated his new environs. At 52, with over two decades of a hardcore criminal life behind him he expected a little more respect from the authorities. That evening as he stepped out of his barracks and looked upwards, his eyes … Continue reading neelwrites/gavinsmellie-thedrugstoryofindiacontd/fiction/novella/173words/FFfAW/21/08/2018

neelwrites/ThreeLineTales/atal-aremmebrance/obituary/17/08/2018

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ATAL – IN REMEMBRANCE By NEEL ANIL PANICKER They couldn’t hold a candle to him, none could, none has, none ever will __ at best they were and are mere cubs still learning the ropes, still struggling with the everyday processes of life. He was the lion, always will be, the pride of all, the … Continue reading neelwrites/ThreeLineTales/atal-aremmebrance/obituary/17/08/2018

neelwrites/achurchsexscandal/ThreeThingsChallenge/realisticfiction/storystarter/partoneofachurchsexscandal/432words/12/08/2018

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A CHURCH SEX SCANDAL (Part 1-realistic fiction) By Neel Anil Panicker   Father Alphonso paced the vast expanse of his second floor inner seminary. Barring the dim light of a torch that was set on an ornate teakwood desk at the far corner of the high ceilinged hall that doubled as a prayer-cum-library, darkness pervaded … Continue reading neelwrites/achurchsexscandal/ThreeThingsChallenge/realisticfiction/storystarter/partoneofachurchsexscandal/432words/12/08/2018

neelwrites/poppyland/crime/ThreeThingsChallenge/storystarter/fiction/11/08/2018

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POPPY LAND_ THE DRUG STORY OF INDIA (crimefiction/chapter ONE)  By Neel Anil Panicker For good or bad, the place is not connected by air. Getting there is easy though. You either arrive by train or by bus. The former is easy if you were to take the night train to North Bengal or North East. … Continue reading neelwrites/poppyland/crime/ThreeThingsChallenge/storystarter/fiction/11/08/2018

neelwrites/whenblackisnotallwhite/ThreeLineTales/ThreeThingsChallenge/flashfiction/shortstory/182words/02/08/2018

by neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS

This story is written for Three Line Tales, Week 131 Three Line Tales, Week 131 and Three Things Challenge, 01 August 2018 https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/three-things-challenge-01-august-2018/ Today’s things are: blister, frown, opera WHEN BLACK IS NOT ALL WHITE (GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION) By Neel Anil Panicker Last night police with the help of several human rights activists raided a top industrialist’s plush fifty crore … Continue reading neelwrites/whenblackisnotallwhite/ThreeLineTales/ThreeThingsChallenge/flashfiction/shortstory/182words/02/08/2018

neelwrites/essay/rains/delhi/india/26/07/2018

by neeltheauthor- author of WHEN LIFE THROWS THOSE CURVE BALLS

…OF rains, drains, and sundry pains By Neel Anil Panicker Woke up to the steady drum roll of raindrops pouring down slanting rooftops. I clambered out of bed and peered down from the balcony only to find the streets covered in white ever flowing slush like there were some iridescent sheets of gunfire. Outside, the … Continue reading neelwrites/essay/rains/delhi/india/26/07/2018