Yes they do. Try saying haberdashery a few times and you can feel it roll around awkwardly in your mouth till you have to either spit it out or gulp it down, whole. I have a lot of problem with words that have to be pushed...
In the rear view mirror the Audi looked like a beast with red rimmed eyes, crouched low and ready to spring. Intermittent menacing growls rattled the air around. I noticed that the moon was doing a flippetty floo everytime the beast honked. I looked up...
Running along the rim of a typical Indian home is an extended porch usually covered by a roof which functions almost like an outdoor living room. The Hindi word for this piece of real estate is “baramda” and two centuries of British rule have anglicized...
Imagine seeing the world one charm at a time? Each city seen and experienced represented by a charm on a bracelet. The story goes that Wallis Simpson who later became the Duchess of Windsor had a special charm made for each place she had visited. No...
I gathered up my past and tied into an old handkerchief and set it aside in a corner. The maid swept it up into a dust pan and threw it into the trash. It's been tough navigating my way through life since then. For instance,...
Both my parents spent a small part of their childhood in Burma, n.k.a Myanmar. I was there in January 2016 to take a walk through their lives and I did it with a sense of trying to fit myself into what their lives may have...