Joy on Two Wheels

Joy on Two Wheels

  “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready. I have this feeling now that actually no one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking, now is as good […]

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Freedom From Preconceptions

Freedom From Preconceptions

One Wednesday morning, as I dashed towards the elevator to leave for office, I was  already too late. The elevator had just one other occupant. A short, fair and beautiful young woman with a  glittering bindi.  She smiled at me and I returned the favour and tried to recall where I had seen her last and then it occurred to […]

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A Suitable Girl

A Suitable Girl

  “The girl looks alright, is a classical dancer preparing for her first stage performance,  works as a teacher, earns a decent salary. When she met us she said she would continue performing on stage if the extended family permits else would give up dancing. She also said that after marriage she would continue to […]

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The Rapture Of Being Ridiculous….

The Rapture Of Being Ridiculous….

Have you ever had a conversation in gibberish? Whispered sweet nothings, yelled expletives, expressed surprise or disgust using meaningless combinations of sounds? Try it out, and it will be one conversation you will thoroughly enjoy. You will learn how mere body language and meaningless sounds can evoke different emotional reactions in you, and in others. […]

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Alive

Alive

It had been just a few days since she got the news of her incurable illness from her physician. It had taken a while for the seriousness of the matter to sink in and finally she had managed to ask, “How much time do I have?”  The doctor, after a few moments of deep thought […]

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The Open Door

The Open Door

  The jingling of keys and the hesitant creaking of the iron gates herald the arrival of the freedom that I have been longing for all these years.The reasons that drove me into committing that ancient crime seems smudged from memory but the moments of solitude and contemplation I spent within the prison walls remain […]

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