tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:37:00 +0000Mumbai. Mystery. Me.http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)Blogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-861774887832491608Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:24:00 +00002011-12-12T19:54:11.221+05:30Here's a small recap of what has happened so far.......... It's actually nobody's birthday but the ones with birhtdays in February are throwing a party to their friends. Party is thrown by AbsD, Nikhar, ShubBHU (Oh... did i just write that?? Gosh... he'll be getting really angry... Just like those Girls in chinese cartoons on Animax... ) and Sameer (whtvr.. he's not much of a star material... http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/12/story-so-far.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-1341312202211181527Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:14:00 +00002011-10-10T20:44:52.829+05:30 So, as the movie starts, you see an entire land covered with snow and amidst the misty fog, a small girl circling under a mysteriously enchanting umbrella. The starting credits say it’s a classic. These are not the movies that you get to see in abundance, these are treasures kept only for the worthy and the ones who really wish to have it. The Blue Umbrella is in a true sense a classic movie. http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/10/rare-gem-blue-umbrella.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-6771665193630678637Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:16:00 +00002011-07-27T10:46:50.838+05:30 So he went to the seat where Pranav was sitting but while he was going there Abbas warned him not to as Pranav was not talking to anybody. But as the author had said just like a bad habit the thought of the two missing people though negated by Namrata and Sameer’s appearance which had resurfaced again when Sameer mentioned seeing Uday had caught Nikhar’s mind in a whirlwind. So instead of http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/episode-12-curious-case-of-pranav.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-566825533142192300Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:57:00 +00002011-07-15T11:27:01.515+05:30So, as they reached the coast of Mandava-the docking point of catamarans from where the passengers would be taken through the Alibag village by Buses, everyone was smiling and pretending to have a whale of time when they were not. (Everyone wanted to board on the first ferry back to Gateway of India but they carried on). Two blue buses awaited Nikhar and his group. While they were getting off thehttp://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/episode-11-of-unexpected-hits-misses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-1960442426382971302Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:45:00 +00002011-07-15T11:15:40.500+05:30“That mousie… he can’t be here. Do you know how he behaved today in the morning? He pretended to be asleep and intentionally slept in the front-room so that everybody would ask him whether he’s coming or not and when nobody asked… he himself got up and announced that he was not coming” said Rohan. But Nikhar noticed that even after saying that he wasn’t sure. So as he was contemplating the idea http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/episode-10-that-mousieee-he-cant-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-3601025430721100972Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:16:00 +00002011-07-07T16:46:41.726+05:30 Although it was a group, it was more of a composition of many subgroups. Some of them mixed well between them while the others were friends just for the sake of it. So once the catamaran gathered speed and moved towards their destination, all the subgroups isolated and headed their private discussions. While Nikhar and Nitesh Kumar Sharma were in a heated argument so as to who should be a part http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/episode-9-48-out-of-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-6314664542868437910Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:34:00 +00002011-07-04T21:04:38.025+05:30 After a long five month’s itch, I finally watched a Hindi Cinema in theatres. And technically this too wasn’t Hindi either although it had some of the best Hindi words spoken by Vijay Raaz in parts. Delhi Belly is not at all a Bollywood movie. Right from its narration, script and even dialogues, it follows a route that Bollywood movies generally don’t. For an example, the director who wanted tohttp://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/for-change-reviewing-delhi-belly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-4133279240626703442Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:15:00 +00002011-07-03T16:45:30.428+05:30 Chapter 2: What Happened on the Alibag trip? When one’s mind is filled up to the brim with heady concoctions blanking ones vision that one starts feeling dizzy, perhaps than the most certain thing that may occur is that one would overlook something which is very natural and almost too easy. One believes that a complex problem can’t have such a simple solution. It was the same thing that seemed http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/07/chapter-2-preview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-4557141436893281890Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:46:00 +00002011-06-24T15:18:51.790+05:30 Once on they all reached the upper deck, most of them took their seats closer to the edges where they could see the boat departing away from Gateway of India, the beauty of the sea and yes… the playful seagulls.  So there is a saying in Bombay regarding the early morning chatter of these seagulls. Flying just above the sea-water and touching the water with their feet creating a stream of http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-8-of-seagulls-chatter-and-death.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-6949570688608476901Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:35:00 +00002011-06-24T15:05:03.850+05:30Episode 7: The last of the introductions... bringing to you the last few Culprits of the Alibaug Trip. A proper sandwich bag, along with two bottles of buttermilk inside was first of the many things that Nikhar noticed about that strange looking couple. It looked to him that the lady well past her prime had decorated herself profusely and was rather just over trying just like Shray Desai. On http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-7-last-of-introductions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-3549145910614229692Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:14:00 +00002011-06-21T19:09:43.706+05:30 At 7 am in the morning, Nikhar got off from the Taxi and headed towards the grandeur of Gateway of India. He always thought that it wasn’t the monument alone but the emphatically beautiful surroundings that made that place extra little special. On the corner he saw his friends Satya Ranjan, Shray Desai and Aaditya Jaju. All of the three no matter what time of the day it may be, had their http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-6-before-boarding-shahjahan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-4759301990109568320Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:16:00 +00002011-06-21T19:11:57.957+05:30 On either side you had a pathetically boring husband who would get angry at every little thing and an absolutely innocent, foolish wife who always thought that the angry husband liked him. Of course like a rare sun in Cherapunjee, there were those dinners, movie, and delicious homemade food (and sex), but in the midst of it all there was only a shadow of love. They were just ten when they werehttp://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-5-most-revealing-post-read-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-2061844743355496832Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:05:00 +00002011-06-12T15:35:18.168+05:30 Episode 4: Of a Parsi Massacre The renaissance of Rahim Khan was momentary. As he and his daughter took rebirth below a Parsi shelter, the clouds of despair circled above that Parsi abode. Not a day longer had Rahim’s ear gone mad hearing a confused Gujarati or should one say confused English, did the Muslims in his provinces find out that he had been adopted by a Parsi. The only fact that http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-4-of-parsi-massacre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-3777042829829774131Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:36:00 +00002011-06-04T19:06:36.073+05:30The reason why I say that it's a super post because... It includes a SUPER MISER (Nikhar i.e. myself!) SUPER SINGER (Pranay), SUPER GEEK 1 (Abbas) and SUPER GEEK 2 (Uday).. so sit back and enjoy.. btw... story's on the move!  Episode 3: Reaching Gateway...  Half expecting the morning to be extremely chilling in February, Nikhar Oza shivered while standing on the edge of the http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/episode-3-reaching-gateway-of-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-1236939381399279338Sat, 28 May 2011 08:18:00 +00002011-05-28T13:48:12.918+05:30 Although their marriage was as ordinary and plain as all other marriages around the world are, their pairing was unusual. But one will gawk in bewilderment if I were to say that both Marian and Farooq belonged to the same family. Marian was the daughter of Farooq’s mother’s brother. Both had grown up together playing in the backyard of their sea-facing building in Valkeshwar. And if those gameshttp://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/episode-2-parsis-and-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-8807357212690357412Sun, 22 May 2011 14:59:00 +00002011-05-22T20:29:56.155+05:30 The short-story sees three transitions1. On the way to alibag2. What happened at alibag3. And then! Beginning from today is the first chapter of the stories on the way to alibag.  Synopsis: The story is a heady mixture of a Parsi couple (on their trip to Alibag) and a large group of friends who went one day on a trip to Alibag! And suddenly something ominous happened! MURDER! The firsthttp://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/episode-1-on-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-5580450814717572002Thu, 19 May 2011 11:27:00 +00002011-05-19T16:57:11.049+05:30 Alibag- a short story (Cover Page) Alibag- Back Page http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/curtain-raiser-alibag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-2821132013163376836Sat, 14 May 2011 12:27:00 +00002011-05-14T17:59:33.338+05:30 I rose above the horizons spreading my wings like a tree spreads its branches and Mumbai woke up as usual with a tinge of chill passing through those fortunately empty roads. I wonder that’s the reason, I’ve been given these feathers by almighty but it’s a little disappointing. Like a normal human being I can’t enjoy those tiny feelings, feeling of cold, and feeling of heat. But I can feel http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/bombaymumbai-birdseye-view.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169709825530390424.post-8466333326245182583Sat, 14 May 2011 12:18:00 +00002011-05-14T17:48:06.290+05:30Hello, to all! After a long while.. I'm back again at writing Blogs! Tiny Gems is a channel by which I'll be sharing with you the short stories, AND is there any other better way of beating the summer heat then sitting in your favorite corner of house and reading exciting little stories? (apart from Ice-Creams and Mango juice) So whenever you feel like lazying around on net.. visit this blog! http://nikharshortstories.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-blog-new-beginning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nikhar)0