Thanx, Nirosha. I am very happy to have gained so much appreciation & admiration here. In fact I am lazy to spin yarns. But the inspiration comes when a contest is announced and my brain comes out of its lethargy! “India smiles” is for sulekha.com, “The Mouse Trap” was for The Hindu. I have written a lot for contests in Anantha Vikadan, Mangaiyar Malar, Kumudam and so on. None of them were selected! And I cared least. In my opinion they were satisfactory. ¸¡ì¨¸ìÌõ ¾ý ÌïÍ ¦À¡ý ÌïÍ. So why should I worry if somebody else didn’t find them so! I had a hope that there might be like-minded people who shall like reading them. I promptly posted them in forumhub. Thinnai.com people also published them when I sent those to them. I am waiting for our admins to tranfer my stories from the old hub. They are-±Ä¢ô¦À¡È¢, ºí¸¼õ, ¿Îò¾ÃÅ÷ì¸õ, ¸¢Ç¢ô§ÀîÍ §¸ð¸ Å¡. I don’t remember if they are tranliterals or in Tamil, in murasu anjal font or TSC_Avarangal font. BTW, Nirosha, do you know Tamil?