I Had A Dream…

I Had A Dream…

I had a dream where someone gave me a kiss. So sweet and gentle. Purely unconditional. Unartful. He simply looked at me, and kindly offered me this moment of intimacy to convey a message. Like a fairy tale prince, he woke me from my state of lethargy to make me understand that there’s still hope. […]

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The Kindness Of Strangers

The Kindness Of Strangers

I hadn’t expected the bus to arrive in the city so early in the morning. I had hoped for signs of a city waking up— a tea shop to sit at, a street to people-watch on, while I waited. But it was ten minutes past five, dark. A thin film of fog wrapped up the early winter chill. […]

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Acceptance Is A Small Room

Acceptance Is A Small Room

For a few years after we were married, we exchanged presents on Valentine’s Day. Then we reached this cynical phase, when we didn’t believe in celebrating or observing a day, so we conveniently ignored it. I still wrote a couple of blogs about him, about us, with a dash of mushiness every year on February […]

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Birthday Cupcakes

Birthday Cupcakes

My sister and I got busy in the kitchen. She read out the ingredients from mom’s recipe book and I arranged them on the counter. Both of us aren’t too keen about cooking, but we were determined to bake cupcakes to make a birthday special and memorable. As I mixed flour, eggs, chocolate, sugar and […]

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The Lone Walker

The Lone Walker

I pride myself in being an extrovert. But the last two years in Kuwait, have made me recoil a little bit. I keep to myself, I have really started enjoying hanging out by myself. I accord myself the joy of becoming a more independent, self-sufficiently happy person. But then somewhere in the corner of my […]

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There..

There..

“There’s no disguising it. I don’t like it. You know what I’m like. I don’t like their attitude. I don’t need to be positive. I’ve never been positive. I wish they would leave me alone.” ** Moira stared deep into the black of the room. She imagined she saw Jay’s silhouette, darker still, than the […]

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Hope And Despair..

Hope And Despair..

  When hope leaves you Like a drop sliding on a leaf, Like a bubble bursting anon; When fear of loss, Stalks you forever and ever;   When in the sunshine of hope, Despair follows you Like your own shadow; When time creates furrows on the skin And cracks in relationships; Then…. Even the pen […]

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