Third city in three years. How is it that this still turns out to be different? Aren’t cities supposed to be same, stretching buildings defending the sun with their glass shields, lonely green gardens desperate for a tag of ‘open space’, and painfully vivid malls with underground parking that looksContinue Reading
In the month of May, the Sun turns towards the Tropic of Cancer, the rich turn towards hill stations and beaches, and the poor join their hands towards the sky. The heat slowly builds up, gradually increasing the price of ice creams. Iced water, which would be given free aContinue Reading
Thunder is the colour of lightning in the darkest night sky: the shocking purple that stuns the sky for a millisecond. It is a flabbergasting colour, the one that catches the eye third in a room of all colours, after the brightest red and white. Often accompanied by a loud,Continue Reading
Dear Stranger, I hope that you find this letter in a readable condition, since I thought it would be difficult to preserve a thing for a hundred years. I’ve tried to print this on plastic and seal in a bottle with a cork and leave in the Arabian Sea, theContinue Reading
This was War. Angry and anxious, Fera could feel the war drums pulsating in her veins. As if her heart could burst inside her, and coat the land with her blood, along with many others. She shivered in the cold wind, but she was not sure if it was fromContinue Reading
Watching him make the final touches, I rant about my latest heartbreak. Not that it was depressing, but he nods anyway, arranging the sewing machine with deft fingers. “Have you ever been in love, chacha?” I ask. The old, grey tailor was my only friend in the neighborhood. He woreContinue Reading
She knocked my breath out when she slammed me against the lockers. Tears sprang up to my eyes as I felt the cold metal handle dig into my spine. This was it, wasn’t it? I was the nerd, she the cheerleader. I was the one with more curves in myContinue Reading
The sky was starry. Emma lay in her nightdress, in her bed by the window. She loved sleeping here. Today was special, because the moon was full. And today was even more special because Miss Ellen had loved her drawing. It was a blue ferris wheel, looking over a colourfulContinue Reading
I know that I always go to music for advice. And one seeks advice when one is puzzled, confused, temporarily pessimistic, or almost wants to give up. In my (not so) long life, being an only child with working parents and shifting schools, it’s hard to find someone who canContinue Reading
Yes, your child has grown up, and now it’s time for you to chalk out their path to the future by taking the first small step – school. But how do you pick one? If you are in India, you would be surfing the internet for differences in the state,Continue Reading