January 26, 2001. We had all gathered at our school in Gujarat to celebrate our Republic day. The tricolour was unfurled followed by parade and performances. We all waited eagerly to know who was going to be awarded the best ...Read More
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
On the day of her Shradh, everything is normal. The maids come and go, people go to work, children go to school, the trains and the buses struggle to run on time; the sun rises, it will rise to its ...Read More
If only I could…
Rewind the track of my life,
To go back in childhood,
To roll in mud;
Hide under beds;
To play in the street light;
To be dragged home by the ear!
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If only I could…
Scramble through
The recycle bin of time
To rummage for my ...Read More
A knock at the door and they both were shaken to death; a chill ran through their spines. They dreaded any knock at their door. But they knew it would come – a knock at the door – and with ...Read More
Hurricane Sandy took away many people with it. The pictures of the damage were heart wrenching. One cold December not too long ago we woke up freezing. A freak ice storm had left our town without power. We had to ...Read More
She gazed at the Morez clock ominously crawling towards six, dangling precariously on the cracked wall behind her. Her nose wrinkled unceremoniously as the smell of antiquated books rose from the dust, settling on the moist sheet of glass, mixing with ...Read More
You went in what they call 'an unnatural way'. They usually mean a murder, suicide or an accident. They mean you died young. Suddenly, even 40 is young when you are dead. If you're alive, though, it is the opposite.
You ...Read More
It was a rainy day. I was waiting for my first lecture to begin in the classes I had joined for my entrance exam. In the nervousness of the first day, I realized I had reached too early and was ...Read More
Have you pondered a sudden unexpected end? Nothing is unchanged. The clothes lie in the same wardrobe, those socks are in the dryer, the book they were reading is still lying with the bookmark on page 259. That shirt on ...Read More
The thing about death is,
you cannot call.
You cannot call them again.
Ever.
I think that is what tears you apart,
what tears you up. Read More
