‘Let’s sit and chat Mama, make some tea I want to tell you something, ‘ she says to me I wish to ask, ‘How do you always have a universe to talk about?’ Then I see her twinkling eyes and shut my mouth. She talks about how she wants long hair and pretty feet And about her friend whose handwriting […]
As if the cold winds blowing angrily in this particular evening was not enough, a distinct yet subtle coldness prevailed amongst the two sisters. Neither of them knew what to speak, or whether to speak to each other. A year back on this very same day, they both had experienced the power of grief, how it could tear apart the […]
The sun was slowly peeking through the light grey clouds. It seemed as if the weather was on a mission. The sun and the cloud were its weapons. Together, they seemed innocent and calm. That was the evilness of it all. Brutality is at its best when it wears a veil of calmness. The weather was doing its trick. People […]
Maria looked around her. Every object in her home seemed to mock her. We are all one, barring you. Go find someone of your kind, they seemed to say. Maria kept her mouth on the pillow and pushed it towards her face. She screamed into it once and then again. She felt a layer of dirt on her skin and […]
Amrita shut her eyes for a while. She asked her driver to play Robert Miles. Her heart was racing and she could feel a tremor in her hands. She felt emptiness crawling through her stomach, almost gagging her throat. The car stopped at the signal and she looked out of the window. A woman whose age Amrita couldn’t place, sat […]
How nice it would be to stay still in a moment that we never wish to end. I remember moments with my friends and loved ones when we have had totally crazy time, laughing and having the best time of our lives, during night-stays, trips or just a casual lunch. And then a moment comes when there is silence. The […]