In your silence I died a million deaths.
So many questions and fears came rushing to my mind!
Did I do too little.. or too much,
Did I say too little... or too much,
Did I share too little... or too much,
Is it because ...Read More
A girl was hacked in my neighbourhood two evenings ago. This morning, a girl of about the same age who comes to teach my son, walked in with fear all over her face and asked, "Did you see the newspaper, ...Read More
I am free from the fetters and I fly...I die.
I dump the body in the garbage of your beauty tricks,
your anti-ageing serums,
your yoga mats
and rejuvenation therapies.
I rise above my gaze,
my unglued and free gaze.
Jealous?
See me fly,
my hair tossing above clouds,
my ...Read More
It has been over 10 days since Fasih Mahmood practically disappeared from his residence in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, where he worked as an engineer. On May 13, Sunday, Mahmood was taken away by a group of Indian and Arab men, all in ...Read More
I have been watching the skin on the back of my mother’s hands very closely. In consonance with the changing texture and folds of skin, there has grown in my head a sketch of what it means to watch one’s ...Read More
Pic courtesy: L'Oreal Paris
Now, will they stop? After she showed up at Cannes today, looking like a woman who can still turn heads without conforming to the yardstick of global superstardom, will they stop? But she can't win. Not ...Read More
Dear engaging vines
Of love,
How softly you’ve drawn
Me in.
Your tangled web of spaces,
The only silence
Amongst the chaotic sounds.
Dear engaging vines
Of love,
How sweetly you have me
Entrapped-
Lost beneath the feel of
Your breath against
The still of dawn.
Lost among the thoughtless,
Bringing me back to
Spaces in ...Read More
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with words playing out in my head. If I don’t get them down, they disappear in around five minutes, so I’m thankful Evernote exists! Last night, this is what I ...Read More
I walk amid a sea of people everyday. Pushing, shoving, all the while to be the first. Instead of pushing them by and egging them ahead, have you ever taken a closer look at them? Have you looked into their ...Read More
‘So how is life?’ she asked.
‘Not as good as it used to be,’ I said.
We smiled. She knew what I meant.
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I could see my responsibilities – some willingly assumed and some being thrust upon me - manifesting on her face ...Read More
If this sounds like a personal account then it’s the shortcoming of my narration. If it doesn’t then, a lot of your fond memories with your siblings will resurface and perhaps your love for them, will be rekindled. I don’t ...Read More
Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS), condemn the assault on three women under-trials, Angela Sontakey, 42, Sushma Ramteke, 22, and Jyoti Chorghe,19, in the Mumbai District Women’s Prison in Byculla.
On March 31, they witnessed an assault upon some other inmates by the ...Read More
