Just two days remaining, Shaheen was finally ready to hit the beach. One Geography and the last English exam was all that was standing between her and the vacation that she was so desperately looking forward to. For the records, Shaheen never really liked exams. The idea of oncoming exams and the studying sent her on a yawn induced spree. It was kind of funny to watch Shaheen cringing about sleep as the exam date came close. Sleepless by nature, it suddenly was strange finding her covered under the comfort …

“Wow, that is great Raghav, how did you get these VIP passes?”
“Hey Abhijeet, that is a secret, good thing is that, we have passes for all of us”
“This would be the first time; I’ll be watching the Great Sachin on ground rather than the TV set. Thanks Raghav!”
“Come on Gaurav, it would be the first time for all of us” said Ashu.
Peeyush pitched in and said “But, I am supporting Delhi because this is where I belong”
In his usual casualness, Abhijeet interrupted Peeyush, and said “who is bothered about supporting …

Drik was excited. His dream of watching his favourite cricket stars in action was finally going to come true. How? The IPL season was on and the third match of the series between Deccan Chargers and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was scheduled to take place at the stadium in his city. It was very close to his house. His dad’s best friend had managed to get two tickets for the both of them!
He had spent the past few weekends practicing his batting and bowling techniques – who knows, he might …

‘Stealing some glances here and there, I found myself staring at this beauty…’
Sweltering heat made me all of sweat and I was dripping, from brow to toe. With a handkerchief, one of my hands was constantly making contact with my face, and the other was just hanging there under the weight of the HP gadget. With all that sweat from the season but it was still the month of November. But then this city knows no season other than summer, we get to feel the sunshine heat all year long. …

“Ahh! No sky diving event please”, I said timidly to Peeyush. He asked me “What happened Raghav? We will be just watching it, not doing it.”
I said in exasperation – “Whatever, I am not interested”. I gave every possible reason not to go there, after all, how could I have told  them about the dream last night… they would have made  fun of me.
But the discussion continued while we stood in punishment. Then all of a sudden, Ashu interrupted in-between and said… “I have done rafting once and want to …