Ordinarylives Stories

In this poignant and haunting tale, a middle-aged man, remarkable only for his extreme ordinariness, requests a ride across the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. The driver, unaware of the man's inner turmoil, agrees without question. As they drive in silence, the man reflects on the crushing weight of his failed business, mounting debts, and the imminent threat from ruthless loan sharks. At the midpoint of the bridge, the man asks to be dropped off, a quiet resignation in his voice that the driver doesn't fully grasp until it's too late. After a heartbreaking video call to his son, the man steps off the bridge, choosing to escape a world that has long ceased to notice him. The driver, left with an unsettling sense of regret, is haunted by the encounter for years, forever marked by the missed opportunity to intervene in the life of an ordinary man facing extraordinary despair.

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Where do the ordinary people go? People who aren't brave enough to be feared, who are not interesting enough to be spoken about, people who aren't smart enough to leave a mark, people who get lost in the ever-racing world, who are forever pushed to the sidelines, people who are diminished to a seemingly unremarkable existence. People who do not matter in the grand scheme of things. This is an attempt to look into four such lives. An attempt to explore their stories, to give them more space in literature which is filled by the stories of the brave and the outspoken.

Learn more about the Four Realms A collection of vignettes about some of the lives that people live in the fantasy world I have created. Not a story in the traditional sense but rather an insight into the world through ordinary people's eyes. The cover image, of a bronze dragon making it rain "On the leeks but not the wheat" relates to the first snapshot, but does not belong to me.

Do you still believe in love? For Lavanya Kapoor, love is nothing but a myth-an illusion meant to break hearts. For Shivansh Bharadwaj, the elder son, life has always been about duty and responsibility-never about feelings. But when two strangers are brought together in an ordinary arranged marriage, will their hearts remain guarded... or will they slowly find a space for each other? A story not of grand power, but of everyday moments-of hesitation, warmth, and the kind of love that quietly grows where you least expect it. ✨ Join the journey of Lavanya and Shivansh-where myths may turn into reality, and love might just find its way home.