The day started perfectly. I was gonna go with the other girls at my school to an afternoon beach party. The upper class was throwing a big meal at the beach to raise money for our school dance that was coming in about a month. I was part of one of the clubs responsible for buying food and soda. We had to be at the …

Lalitha was alien to the laughter around him. The call he had just attended was like a ghost from the past, a ghost he thought had gone forever. He had been from a colleague of his first place of work. Five years ago, almost in another life, Lalitha had borrowed Rs 20000. I promised to pay her in a month, but I …