
To Those Who Find Us
This entry won the first position in the Dispatch 2020 creative writing competition

The escapist’s corner

This entry won the first position in the Dispatch 2020 creative writing competition

This entry won the 2nd position in the Dispatch 2020 creative writing competition

“The last time she had a drastic haircut, she still had Tamanna in her life.”

“I hope you will allow me, at this juncture, to make a parenthetical detour. An artist must from time to time wrench himself from his canvas and inspect its colourful totality.”


“It’s quite fine, you suddenly notice—the panoramic view, the Calacatta marble, the artwork, the baby grand. It is what you’d always wanted, but you don’t cherish it one bit.”

“But what he felt now, this chill of delight, this yearning after something that maybe he would never see again—was it not the richest thing he had?”