Seven years of marriage were enough to attune them to each other’s energy rhythms; Ratan, an early bird while wife Meeta observed owlish hours. He would be winding down at dinner time when she would go amber, ready to turn green ...Read More
“The Indian Railway’s Second AC has lost its elitist air,” Harshal told himself irritably.
Elbowing his way into his assigned seat, he glared at the passengers already settled in. They wore that shifty eyed look of proprietary, typical of wait-listed Indians. He rolled his ...Read More
It will be annual diary time for teachers soon. There will be records to fill up; lists of textbooks and duties, methods of teaching to be detailed, workshops attended, special measures for bright students, remedial measures to improve the weak ...Read More
A young lady half my age offered to carry my bag. On seeing me recoil, she reached out to grab it and we tugged a bit, my sense of independence rivalling her classy upbringing. She resolved the impasse by insisting ...Read More
I should have learnt this lesson earlier in life.
But it is one of life’s ironies that most Eureka moments come too late. The next best thing you then want to do is to try and save your children all the ...Read More
For more than 60 years they have been invisible. AfterIndia declared her “tryst with destiny,” they disappeared into their homes and got busy with India's developing story. You would see them in private photos and fenced spaces but barely ever ...Read More
I have been crying.
There have been images on the TV, reports in the newspaper and talk on the streets. I understand the anger against the perpetrators, the concern about the victim and the frustration with the government. But my thoughts ...Read More
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As mesmerizing as the flames of a bonfire or the frothy gurgle of a brook can be the flight of a kite. I crane my neck to look up in awe and in my thoughts, I am astride those fragile paper ...Read More
It is the oldest trick in the world.
It is called diminishing by an unfair but convincing comparison. We do it all the time. And for some reason, it is quite the established and accepted ritual.
Think back. Did you as a ...Read More
Whoever said women were permitted only one act in a lifetime?
Do 20 extra kilos, scars of an invasive surgery, dental implants and some somnolent muscles mean you are done for in this life? Would it be fair to say that ...Read More
If there is anything more criminal, more crushing than injustice; it is a denial of its existence.
I look at the dark clouds hovering over her head, sensing the claws that are tearing apart her sense of reality. The world outside ...Read More
Most Indian parents follow a religion of making available to their kids all they missed out on. Some go a step further; wanting to give their kids all that they did not have plus what they think the next generation ...Read More
