The joy and experience of writing a short story in your native language is indeed rewarding — especially when one of the leading language magazines (ਮਹਿਰਮ; circulation 80,347) goes ahead and publishes it. April 2016 edition of the Mehram carries my short story Thanedar Sahib (ਠਾਣੇਦਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ). Coming after a poem publication in East Jasmine Review last month…looks like I may finally be learning to hold the “pen.”