It arrived one morning, unannounced and not surprisingly, unheralded, on J's upper lip. Something about it was distinctly disturbing. How can someone live through forty odd years with an upper lip as smooth as a baby's bottom and then suddenly, this happens. It was perhaps...
There were drums playing in my head on Thu. Usually it is the violin on Thursdays and the harmonica on Saturdays. I was a little surprised, maybe even perturbed, but the feeling didn't stay for too long. Someone needed to pay heed to the music...
The king had decided to reveal to all that he was naked. Never before had the citizens encountered something so strange. The guy who sold brinjal and okra beside the cycle repair shop exclaimed about it. His vegetables seemed exhausted and defeated by the time...
Milos was precisely made up of three emotions...
The reality of more than one universe is something that has long intrigued philosophers and physicists. Could someone lead parallel lives in two separate universes? It was when I saw The Matrix with its bold concept of conscious shifting transformation that the penny dropped. Seemed...
I realized one windy morning while looking out of the balcony that the ‘something’ which whizzed past my face with an angry buzz was my fate. Thankfully it was a good day and I could quickly reach out and grab it before it could fly...
I have learnt that the maturity which comes with experience and wielding responsibilities increases the tensile strength of your emotions and your capacity to absorb stress and most importantly, deal with bullshit on a daily basis. That when my eyes and lips don't say the same...
By the time I heard the story from P it had already curdled at the edges. The tiredness of it made it even more unappealing and insipid. But I was determined to laugh through it and enjoy it. Seemed very much in keeping with my...
Shadows have always intrigued me. The ones that I encounter when I turn a corner are usually the friendliest, almost benign. The annoying ones are those that follow me around and slip away just when I turn my head. Occasionally, just to up the ante...
My luck has a tendency of sometimes outrunning me. When I speed up to catch it, destiny fails to keep up. It is really annoying, this constant slowing down and speeding up. Leaves me exhausted and completely messes up the overall equilibrium of things. For...