The Magic Of Fiction

  Photo courtesy Pixabay. The city of Mumbai had been reeling under a massive spurt in crime. Police had lost all the willpower to enforce law and order. There were regular cases of shootouts between rival gangs. One of the gangs stood out in ruthlessness and sophistication to commit the crime. It was the black cobra gang. Rarely any of the members of the gang was ever convicted. There were rumors floating in the city that it had penetrated its tentacles in the government machinery and the judiciary and could influence any decision. It had become more of a mafia providing protection to the industry and collecting money from them in return. This money was used to bribe judges and government officials to get their work done. There were reports in newspapers that one of the police officers had been raided by the Central Bureau of investigation and crores of rupees were unearthed from his residence. He had properties in every part of the country. On investigation it was revealed that h...

    Photo courtesy Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash. Four years into his job, Ivan had turned into a despondent man and was living from paycheck to paycheck. The prevailing recession had cost him his increment. Due to peer pressure, he had joined an IT engineering college. During the course of graduation, he had received a job offer from a software development company in the campus placement. In the final year of graduation, he had only two love interests. One was with his childhood sweetheart whom he had known from his school days and the other was watching football matches. Both the lovers were deeply in love and decided to get married once he had a stable job. After two years in his job, he was confident of his future so he decided to get married. In a years’ time, they were blessed with a lovely son. The expenses of the family had increased and he had not got any increment. The house rent outgo was huge and due to the recession, jobs were rare to come by. The money issues often...

  Photo courtesy Wiganparky- Pixabay. Hari was a tourist guide working in the city of Agra; the place of one of the seven Wonders of the World. He had been in this occupation for almost a year now. Born in the city of Agra he had grown up near the Taj Mahal. His whole day used to be involved in taking tourists around the Taj Mahal and ensuring that they were well placed in comfortable accommodation. Evenings were devoted to his family which consisted of his mother, and two younger sisters. Being a responsible brother he was very concerned about the future of his sisters and wanted them to complete their education with flying colors. One of his sisters was doing engineering and the other was in a medical college. Since it was a small family, they were completely devoted to each other. His father had passed away when he was a small boy and he was brought up by his mother, who used to work as a household help at a few households. Once he started earning, he requested his mother to lea...