INTERIOR of an apartment. LIGHT is streaming in through a NARROW window with frilly curtains that look DRAB. The light is throwing patterns on the floor. Highlighting patches where the hardwood floor has peeled off. There is sofa-bed/couch in a corner UNMADE, some clothes heaped on...
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...
As a family we’ve in the past been bold wayfarers and finders of opportunities in distant lands with no hesitation in leaving behind complete lives if there happened to be such an event. Like every good story mine too begins in the days of yore....
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 first truly golden sunset in Italy was the one I saw from our room up in the craggy hillside of Amalfi. I had climbed over 200 steps huffing and puffing thinking after the 121st step that my heart was going to leap out of...
The colours of joy are many. Just as there as many words to describe the feeling. My friend Dee even has an expression called mellow-joy. And she uses it from time to time. I suspect it is mainly because people always stop mid-sentence to ask...
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...
The day she created her first tattoo, Rohini realized that she had magic in her fingers. Literally. Every groove she inked into a person's skin danced with a life of its own. The design called out to her and she responded to it with abandon....
