Flipping through the dusty pages of a ragged book, I found the petals of a rose I had plucked several years back when I was still in school. I remember how we were forbidden to do so and how thrilling it had been then. Breaking rules has always been exhilarating, isn’t it? But how often … [Read more…]
“Where are you from?” Does this question ring bells in your ears and makes your heart pound because you do not know how exactly to answer this question and not sound straight out of one of those fictions. If such is your case, you have my sympathy. People have constantly asked where I was from. … [Read more…]
How does it happen that you remember someone out of nowhere and they spring up in your life all of a sudden? Of late, this has been true with me at least. The other day while looking at some of my school certificates I happened to remember the person associated with the organization of a … [Read more…]
[On her son’s birthday while he was in college, she wrote him a letter. Today, on his 50th birthday, he reminisced the last 33 years and how those words had made him what he was. That was the best gift his mom had given him.] Dear Son, Happy Birthday! Hope you liked the presents. … [Read more…]
Part I Girls with henna on their palms, exquisitely designed, beautiful girls adorning happy smiles – Boys wandering around women section in malls, taking help of any/every possible female to get something girly and gracious enough – Bikanerwala, Haldirams and Bengali Sweets, the famous sweet shop chains, having a riot like situation, minting money – … [Read more…]