Tweeter Tales

I recently took part in a JaipurLitFest contest and happily (oh so happily) won! 

The contest entailed writing a short story, all of 140 characters, on Twitter and needless to say, I wrote ten of them. I was one of the five winners and won free acco in Jaipur for all five days of the contest. Yay!

Here they are. And just to indulge me, which one do you think got me the prize?

Years later,she was still admiring his style,till the waiter spilled coffee on his watch & he screamed,‘No! I have to return it!’

Beg beg beg, no avail. Whistle to kill hunger. One day,a tap,a stranger,a flute handed over mutely. 50 yrs later, the Padmashree

Having got the deal,he couldn't wait to tell his beloved family;elsewhere, a boy forsake a school award without his dad around

Giggling,they tipsied out of the bar,headed for the play with that hot male lead. 40 yrs after college, life had only got better 

During day, she wore the bahu, the bhabhi and the wife label with aplomb. Nights she reserved only for the black label

She was nervous, how would dad react to her boyfriend; He was nervous, how would his daughter react to his boyfriend

Summer love. Was perfect. Then he decided to migrate cross-country to be with her. She had no choice but to break-up immediately

Three of them always together.The tall one made her swoon,the shorter one smile.She picked the former.Guess she was the dumb one

They met with a Big Bang,fell in love in a Flash,but was as if their Stars were at War,the Breaking up was Bad.Winter was Coming

He swaddled her as a baby,pulled the blanket over her as she grew;today he wished he'd died before having to wrap her in a kafn