Doodle Talk

Presenting…..

‘MOCKTALES’ (100% Alcohol Free)

A Collection of Original Assorted Short & Long Stories

1) The Indian Thanksgiving

A Turkey lands In India, only to be stuffed, cooked and served to owners and employees of an International Firm that has their highly successful BPO arm in the country. The Global CEO, an American has arrived with his family and top team members to celebrate the festival of Thanksgiving in the land that has made their company so profitable. But the foreign fowl has carved its own twisted fate in the very land that gives thanks and offers praises to the divine, practically every day …..read here

2) Hibiscus Leaf’s VadaPav

(summary)

Just a few months ago, Ramesh, a young construction worker had finished his work on the beautiful Palace hotel. Ramesh had spent two years of his life in erecting the beautiful edifice and would go and observe it religiously. Daily standing opposite to the hotel, he would also relish on the cheapest and tastiest street food available, ‘the vada pav’.

As every proud artist who creates something beautiful and then signs off their name on the canvas, he too had felt the need to embed his signature, a doodle onto a ceiling of one of the Hotel rooms.  As he had not worked on the interiors of the hotel, he wondered if his mark had survived.

Finally, it was the grand opening of the five-star Hotel and this was the best opportunity for him to see whether his doodle, his symbol was still adorning the hotel’s ceiling. For this reason alone, Ramesh sets himself on an adventure, a quest, to cross into another world; the world of the Rich. What follows is a revelation for the bold construction worker and a comical setting for the readers as Ramesh takes a bite at the Hotel’s Menu…read here

3) MARRY ME??

This is the story of a small town Punjabi Indian Girl who always dreamt of wearing a beautiful white western bridal wear for her wedding instead of the traditional red outfit. And on her wedding day, she somewhat got her wish of wearing white, all thanks to her fiancé, an Australian boy of Indian origin who called himself “JAZZ”. But the white outfit that adorned her body on her wedding day did come at a huge price. Read here the twisted arranged love story called   “Marry Me??”

4) MY KING MOCHA

Catherine wakes up to find herself in a lonely floating Island, talking to the wind and a lily bed. She is told to speak to ruler of the Island, ‘King Mocha’ to get the answers to all her questions including how she can get out of the island. On her way to meet the King, who lives on top of a hill in a heart shaped castle surrounded by a moat, she encounters other characters, who share similar features to each other but have distinct personalities and roles to play. King Mocha’s island is a mysterious and dreamy place, a place Catherine comes to love.