The moon glared at the reddened horizon and hid on the veil of fickle clouds, earth sheepishly gleamed. Birds sang, plants danced, stream, gulping and gurgling through the rocks, smiled. Palpitation of the grove rose high with the advent of a new day. Slowly, the sun began measuringthe sky,birds returned to their daily chores, stream […]
Recall an ancient Chinese blessing – may you live in interesting times. However opaque the future may be, apparently I wish my father that you will live in interesting times, times that are challenging, promising, perhaps even dangerous. At the moment it is virtually a chimera to think happy days will be here again. Father […]
Chapter One “Mani, wake up, how long do you think you can sleep.” God! Why’s this piggy in room? “He’s still sleeping?” Shit! This old man’s also here. “Does he ever get up early?” Why can’t this blacky keep his mouth shut. Why these people have to start their day ticking off me. Why don’t […]
Like a lone soul striving to congregate with the distant horizon, here I stand on the roof terrace and blankly stare at the settlements of the valley which, after an ablution in the heavy rain, germinates into a beautiful maiden looking askance at her beau. The street below is dotted with puddles, tantamount to the […]
When Rajiv married, almost all friends in the troupe played a prank – Prajwol should fall for Rajiv’s sali. Prajwol, timid and reticent guy, blushed at his friends’ gimmickry that continued for few weeks, and eventually everyone forgot. Even Prajwol did not remember, once he was mocked about a girl, whose face though he had […]