The Click Camera
After having bought a car, a second-hand Standard herald, for the first time somewhere around 1968, my better half and I decided to undertake a trip to the hills. Frankly, we were very...
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Foster Grandmother
“I miss Lola, Mum,” my five-year-old Anya said woefully, referring to her grandmother who was in another country. She was echoed by her three-year-old sister Thea who had gotten bored...
Read MoreBed and Breakfast
The river was dry. Charlie couldn’t remember the last time water had flowed along it. She couldn’t remember the last time it had rained either and the tanks were almost dry. She’d...
Read More2 Dogs, a Cat, 9 Fish
Getting a job was as difficult as securing the old one. It was another experience entirely, after working as Sales Executive in a bookselling firm, to become an editor for a publishing...
Read MoreTale of a Talking Bird
(Dedicated to the Tsunami Victims) There was a prophecy that I will catch a bird. And it would be a talking bird. It was few days to New Year. At that time I was young, and we were living...
Read MoreChristmas in Bethlehem
Four days before Christmas locusts were about to invade our village, somewhere in Bethlehem province. Everyone panicked at the news. The late rain had caused the locusts to target their...
Read MoreAfrica vs Europe: Oral Tradition and the Comic Books
“In Africa, where writing doesn’t exist, there is an intimate bond between a man and the word he utters.” General History of Africa In European literary endeavours, the epic is...
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