About Us
Every story here begins with a feeling that needed a home.
My Journey
Where it all began
I have always believed that the right story, read at the right moment, can change how you see your entire day. Sometimes your whole life.
I am Suketu Bhatt. I built English Short Stories because I was looking for something I could not find anywhere — a place where short stories felt complete. Not just entertaining, but meaningful. Not just readable, but worth carrying with you long after the last line.
I wanted stories rooted in Indian life and Indian values, told in English, with warmth and honesty. Stories that would make my mother nod, my daughter think, and a stranger on the other side of the world feel understood.
I searched for that platform for a long time. When I realised it did not exist, I decided to build it myself.
"Stories have the power to bridge hearts and inspire change."
Our editorial promise
Every story here earns its place
Not every story makes it onto this platform. Before anything is published, it must answer one question honestly — does this carry something true worth your time?
We are not a content factory. We are not an algorithm. We are a human editorial voice choosing stories that matter — for the feeling they leave, the lesson they carry, and the words they add to how you see the world.
That editorial standard comes from real experience. Suketu Bhatt, our founder, serves as Editor-in-Chief of JewelBharat — India’s leading trade news portal for the gems and jewellery industry, published under Kashyap Infomedia Private Limited. Years of editorial rigour across a respected Indian publication is the foundation every story on this platform is built on.
When we say every story earns its place — we mean it professionally, not just personally.
Emotionally true
If it does not move us first, it never reaches you.
Indian at the core
Every story carries the warmth of home.
More than a story
The moral, the meaning, and the words — always included.
Beyond the Pages
The person behind the stories
I am a Mumbai man. I work from a small study, usually on a holiday afternoon or late at night when the city has finally quietened down. There is almost always chai going cold on my desk and a thought I cannot stop turning over in my mind.
By day I run a digital marketing agency. I am also Editor-in-Chief of JewelBharat — India’s trade news portal for the gems and jewellery industry, where I have spent years telling the stories of an entire trade community.
Nobody who knew me then expected me to build a storytelling platform. Honestly, I did not expect it either.
But somewhere between running a business, raising a daughter, and looking at the world through a camera lens, I realised something. I see stories the same way I see photographs — one honest moment, captured before it disappears. And I wanted a place where those moments could live.
English Short Stories is that place. Built late at night, in a quiet study in Mumbai, with cold chai and something true waiting to be said.
Fun Facts About Me:
- I built this for my daughter — so she grows up with Indian stories that feel premium.
- I see stories the same way I see photographs — one honest moment, captured before it disappears.
- I believe every story begins with a cup of tea.