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

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

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

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/fencingaround/flash/shortstory/fridayfictioneers/100words/02/08/2018

Friday Fictioneers 3 August 2018 FENCING AROUND © Sandra Crooks By Neel Anil Panicker ‘You’re a fence sitter, always have been.’ Thomas reads aloud the morning newspaper’s front page headline__“Temple or Mosque? SC prefers Status Quo”. Heena stares at her husband’s poker face of two score years. The sight’s enough of an irritation for her … Continue reading neelwrites/fencingaround/flash/shortstory/fridayfictioneers/100words/02/08/2018

neelwrites/mythologyofchange/shortstory/fiction/09/06/2018

Mythology of Change By Neel Anil Panicker “I hate all that is happening in this office, half screamed Akshay.” Rahul lifted his eyes from the smartphone and looked across the room at his colleague. The two were at the Faculty Room and had just wrapped their first two hour session of the day. Another six … Continue reading neelwrites/mythologyofchange/shortstory/fiction/09/06/2018

neelwrites/realisticfiction/oliviapope/scandal/shortstory/17/05/2019

SCANDAL _ OLIVIA POPE (REALISTIC FICTION)   By Neel Anil Panicker You are a moron, a big fool. Even a five year old has more intelligence than you.”   It all happened in a flash. By the time Olivia could gather her wits, the knife was encircling her throat, the glistening long blades pressing forcefully against … Continue reading neelwrites/realisticfiction/oliviapope/scandal/shortstory/17/05/2019

neelwrites/flyhighskyhigh/FFfAW/realisticfiction/shortstory/flash/15/05/2018

FLY SKY HIGH  (REALISTIC FICTION) This week’s photo prompt is provided by Yinglan. Thank you Yinglan! FFfAW Challenge-167th Hosted by Priceless Joy at  https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/fffaw-challenge-167th/ By Neel Anil Panicker Growing up in a large extended family of some 35 odd members including one’s parents and grandparents; uncles and aunts; brothers and sisters, and the ubiquitous eclectic assortment … Continue reading neelwrites/flyhighskyhigh/FFfAW/realisticfiction/shortstory/flash/15/05/2018

neelwrites/meetRex/sundayphotofiction/shortstory/200words/29/04/2018

SAY HI TO THE MOST POWERFUL ‘THING’ ON PLANET (SATIRE )  By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Dad, what’s T Rex? Is he a guy, or a horse, or a monster, perhaps? In school, all…Alex, Jenny, Pam, even Eddie___they tell me he’s the most powerful thing on this planet? Is that true, Dad?’ Richard looked amusedly at … Continue reading neelwrites/meetRex/sundayphotofiction/shortstory/200words/29/04/2018

neelwrites/wakeup/sizsentencestories/fiction/shortstory/15/04/2018

DON’T TELL ME WHAT STREAM I SHOULD CHOOSE By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Wake up Madam and read the writing on the wall?’ Naman’s mother couldn’t believe what she was hearing? Crossing her arms and cocking her head to one side, she retorted at her son’s class teacher, “Are you telling me that since my son … Continue reading neelwrites/wakeup/sizsentencestories/fiction/shortstory/15/04/2018

neelwrites/eathumblepie/politics/india/nareshaggarwal/19/03/2018

  GENRE: REALISTIC FICTION INSIDE THE MIND OF A POLITICIAN _____AN INTERVIEW WITH NARESH AGARWAL By Neel Anil Panicker ‘Easy as pie.’ What? ‘Winning elections. Plus, changing parties.’ Easier than changing diapers, right? ‘Much, much easier.  A piece of pie. And that’s not a lie.’ Yeah, don’t we all know that you’re an apostle of … Continue reading neelwrites/eathumblepie/politics/india/nareshaggarwal/19/03/2018