T 6303

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

He steps out of the shower and into the unforgiving light of the washroom. She sits on the toilet peeing. He sighs. We’re not sexy, he says.

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T 6302

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

Her boss came over to her desk and said, You need more emotion here. She sighed. And added an exclamation mark to the text. There, she said.

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T 6301

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

He storms into the company kitchen and starts breaking things. He’s overworked, his colleagues whisper. Where are the damn donuts? he yells.

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T 6300

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

The room emptied and they were left alone. In love. He said, I’m still in therapy. She touched his hand. I can make you worse, she promised.

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T 6299

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 16, 2013

I step into the elevator. Is that deodorant or perfume? I ask. To no one but everyone seems offended. And I feel alone surrounded by people.

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Sometimes The Honesty’s Not Too Much

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 28, 2013

I was just GMail chatting with a friend and she told me she was at an event with a writer and he was asked: Can anyone be a writer? And the writer was honest enough to say NO. I’ve been asked this as well. I often respond with a question of my own (which, I […]

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In Between Days

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 24, 2013

I have started writing my next novel. I’m not making an announcement, just saying it, in a non grand way (well, why say it at all? you may ask and you would be right to ask it). But after a good six months – it’s more than that, but I’ve been rather single minded the […]

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My Very First Stupid Insignificant Tweet

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

Twitter has been rolling out personal archives to all users and I recently received mine. This is my first tweet (and it’s not what I remember):   And this is my first Twister (which I do remember):   In the past, I’ve said that just a few days passed between my first tweet and my […]

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T 6298

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

He catches her kissing her laptop. He says, You love that thing too much. She says, Send me a Tweet. And he does. And she reads it. And cries.

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T 6297

By Arjun Basu | Published: February 11, 2013

He grows tired of making money. It’s never enough, he tells his wife. That’s my line, she says. And he realizes he’s let her down once again.

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