The German Housemate: A Short Story

An Indian college student moves into a rented house in a suburban town in England. The shared house, which he starts living in, has other foreign boarders too, including an overage German student - a social misfit who has this uncanny talent to vex even the mildest of men.

The Indian graduate notices that the German’s boorish behaviour and queer mannerisms had isolated the latter from everybody around. But over a period of time, the newcomer starts seeing a different side to the uncouth, middle-aged, lonely man.

Perhaps, all that man deserved was a second chance… A chance to be understood…