The summer took it’s time coming. The roads were lined with trees of hues of red that were yet elusive to the human palette. Without looking her in the eye, he never looked her in the eye; he would speak, fervently hoping that it sounded casual. “What are you doing this afternoon?” “Nothing,” she would […]
Category: Personal
The best thing in the world…
And every song in there reminds me of you. It stands for a moment, a feeling and this unbridled freedom I feel when I’m by your side. I think of that time, in the beginning when we would lie in each other’s arms, not able to get enough of each other, kissing and talking till […]
When God cries
There come’s a point in your life where you don’t give a shit anymore. When you roll your pants up to your knees and waddle into the rain, your toes squelching into the mud that lines the streets. You raise your head to the sky to feel the raindrops on your face and stick your […]
About pain
Her name was Megan , and she was 10. She came in with a long and deep cut in her arm which would make the toughest of stomachs flinch. She would need stitches and a loads of painkillers with at least three weeks off the playground that gave her the cut. She wore a pastel green […]
Locked out
I called my roommate: “Hi Christa! It’s me…Could you….” “UHHHH! Aditi, you’ll have to wait a few minutes though, I just put the sauce on the stove. You better remember to carry your keys next time, I’m not going to let you in again!” “Oh Oh! I’ll wait, sorry….thank you” Summer is on its way […]
A dream
He was sitting on the edge of the wooden slats that framed the doorway of the living room in my uncle’s house. I just happened to walk past. I did not go there with any particular purpose. As I mentioned, I just happened to walk past. This was an acquaintance, a distant family member that […]
Mrs. Matthew of St. Mary’s, Pune
They had told me not to be worried and so I was. When I came out of the shower, that dress was on the bed. The one that I wore to get my picture taken when I had to get my passport made. “Smile, but don’t show your teeth, not your teeth, arre don’t stop […]
Baby Boy
I’m still fascinated by New York. Every street that I walk down, and it may be for the 100th time, still opens up something a new to me. Penn Station is one example. I’ve traversed almost every nook and cranny of the 34th Street location, and every time I do it, I find something that […]
A letter away from Danger
He’s grown bigger over the years. Today’s he’s about 6 feet 9 and still growing. With burly arms and thick neck, he’s an intimidating figure. I think he even has a tattoo, on his left arm, but I’ve never seen it. He’s always around; lurking in the corner of every room that I enter. In […]
The happiest place in the world
A left from the famous Sitladevi Temple and past one of the only surviving wheat mills in Bombay. Ahead of the hutments and the little stalls that sell vegetables to housewives who haggle in their nighties for a rupee and beyond the chicken coup that does not smell anymore because I have passed it so […]