“It is said, “First impressions never have a second chance.” And this held true when my parents first met Meet, and it was somewhat my mi...

“It was the best moment of my life. The kiss melted me into his arms. And as I hugged him, he winced. I finally looked at his face, which...

“This went on for a few days, a daily exchange of small talk, which made him gradually open up to me. He revealed he had recently been ad...

Come dinner time, and as I enter the dining room of the hotel, the woman waves at me; she had already procured a corner table and was wai...

“I was not supposed to be here today,” I sobbed. “My best friend...” I choked. After a brief pause, I continued, “She hadn’t been well fo...

It is a common misconception that a writer endlessly imagines and creates characters and scenarios and weaves the twenty-six alphabets in...

This post should have come out earlier, but it took me some time to come to terms with it and to be able to put my feelings to words. Mos...

Our fathers have always been the pillar of strength in our lives. We see them work hard, day in and day out; selling their time and effor...

We all have that one drawer in our room that is filled with years and years of deposited memories and random tit-bits, and no matter how ...

The only time anyone takes their course seriously in college, first year. And the introvert in me was finding it hard to make friends. I w...

Ramadan has always been special to me, with one of my close friends observing this month. I am amazed as to how Muslims all over the worl...

What happens when your favorite restaurant closes down forever? It’s a betrayal. The heart aches. And nothing you eat can satisfy your ta...

This is the 2nd part to my blogpost “25, Park Avenue” To read the 1st part, follow the link https://www.soormanish.com/post/25-park-avenu...

We are all on our own journeys through life. It is fate that decides when and how our path meets with someone. People move in and out of ...

Recently, just before the Covid-19 pandemic started, a friend of mine was to appear for her final medicine exam where she was required to...

I have always been interested in making short films, but there was a time a few years back when my obsession of making films was at an al...

A few years ago, I had just arrived home from a family vacation, when a close friend of mine suddenly came. It was odd for him to pay me ...

It is a rather simple blue Classmate notebook; honestly I hadn’t even bought it myself. I was in college when during a lecture, I was pas...

It was my birthday. I was out partying with my friends that evening, when out of the multiple calls for wishes, there came a phone call I...

I realized early in life, that composing music came naturally to me. It is as if the notes are sent down from heaven to be united with th...