Happy Ganesha Chaturthi. 🙏🏼May you and your family be blessed with a happy, healthy and prosperous life 🙂 Isn’t the mosaic beautiful! This was made and kindly shared by my friend, Hansa. Thanks a lot, Ferdi.
Today, i have one tanka for you. Do let me know if it resonates with you.
a red hibiscus droops over an unopened bud…. do you also agonize over your little one
Mohua Maulik, haikuKATHA issue 41 March 2025
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Hello! Happy to be able to participate, even if a late for Rochelle’s weekly party – Friday Fictioneers, a story in 100 words based on a photo prompt kindly provided by Lisa Fox this fox. To read the other stories inspired by this prompt and join the fun, click here.
“Rohan?” Sohini stopped short. He was working as a driver?
“Hi.” His embarrassment was evident.
“Bye.” Turning, she hesitated. “I still hate you. Especially the way you dumped me. I was barely 18, you could have been kinder.” She gave him a faint smile. “That said, I know it was the best thing that could have happened to me. It woke me up and made me stronger. I am in a happy place now.”
“Good for you.”
“You need to come out of your self-absorbed misery and introspect how this could be the best thing that happened to you. Goodbye.”
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Hello and welcome to my mid-week haikai and tanka posts. Very pleased to have published these in the Cold Moon Journal. I was even more pleased (actually quite stunned) find that the haiku made it to the journal’s long list for Touchstone nominations 2024.
spring cleaning we discover mom’s insecurities
Mohua Maulik Cold Moon Journal 10th November 2024
planting peace lilies in beds overrun with the same old unresolved grudges
Mohua Maulik Cold Moon Journal 1st February 2025
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Hello! Hope you are having a lovely weekend. I believe it’s unexpectedly hot these days at several places. In Delhi, though it’s not raining as much but pretty overcast and terribly humid. But i guess that’s to be expected for the next two months or so. Sigh.
Moving on, it’s time for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – a story in 100 words or less based on a photo prompt kindly provided this week by J Hardy Carroll. If you wish to join the challenge or read the other stories inspired by this prompt, click here. Off we go!
After the cremation, the men returned home. The son, with his head shorn wore white unstitched garments. Several rituals still remained. A stream of visitors dropped in to pay their respects.
“I suppose your mother will shift to Delhi now?” A family friend asked.
“We don’t know yet. She is quite independent and attached to this house.”
“But surely she cannot stay alone?”
The son shrugged. “I don’t know. There hasn’t been a chance to discuss any of the practicalities.”
“Yes of course. Of course. But, in case you, decide to sell this house, I would like to purchase it.”
Hello, hope you are having a grand week. This week in my usual mid-week posting, i present to you, two of my published tanka.
white flowers of the Rangoon creeper turn red how was i so blind to the warning signs
Mohua Maulik haikuKATHA issue 38 December 2024
this winter only dusty leaves remain on the amaltas where have all the flowers and laughter gone
Mohua Maulik haikuKATHA issue 38 December 2024
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Hello hope you all are having a lovely weekend. Happy Rakshabandhan to everybody. In Delhi, it’s been raining almost non-stop for the past 12 hours so. Finally the deluge has let up a bit. Hope it stays that way to allow the brothers and sisters to meet without any stress.
It’s past Friday and time for Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – a story in 100 words or less based on a photo prompt kindly provided this week by Jen Pendergast. If you wish to join the challenge or read the other stories inspired by this prompt, click here. Off we go!
“Thanks. There’s leftover rice and dal in the fridge. If you could make okra and perhaps eggs…?”
“Sure.”
An hour later, Nita woke up to find her four year old daughter breathing into her face. “What’s the matter, darling? Had your dinner?”
She nodded. “Mamma, are you going to die?”
“No! Why do you ask.”
“I don’t like onions in my omelette.” She started bawling.
“And,” her six-year-old had joined them, “he put potatoes in okra. Who does that?!”
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Were or are your children fussy about food? Do share your experiences in the comment section. Thank you for visiting, i too shall be blog hopping in a bit. See you soon.
Hello and welcome to my blog. It’s middle of the week and the time to blow my horn. Today i present a haibun for your reading pleasure.
Wrong Place Wrong Time
I went higher and higher up on the swing until I was horizontal with the bar. I must have been about 7 or 8 years old but I still remember that curl of excitement at the pit of my stomach, the rush of air, my exultant laugh and then — a sickening thud.
dense fog… playing on a loop the what ifs
Mohua Maulik haikuKATHA issue 39 January 2025
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Hello! Hope you are having a restful weekend. Welcome to another edition of Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers – a story in 100 words based on the photo prompt kindly provided by Marie Gail Stratford this week. If you wish to read the other stories inspired by this prompt or join the party, click here.
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