An Indian Wish for 2005
I wish us all the best lessons of my country.
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The Age Of Awakening
First Tooth – Frederick Morgan I think human beings go through four stages in their beliefs about life and the world around them. Firstly there’s childhood (the golden era) when everything is an excuse for curiosity and a source of magical wonder…friendship, love, games, food, adulthood…*sigh* Then there’s adolescence, the…
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Letting Go
On letting go.
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Self-Respect
I hate my self today.Didn’t call when I said I wouldBasked in a compliment I knew I didn’t deserveSmiled and fumed internally after I promised I wouldn’t reactHaven’t done oodles of chores that I should have completed months agoStayed in bed when the doorbell rang so someone else would get…
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I Beg To Forget Today
Galatea of the spheres – Salvador Dali We were strolling down the road when a man stopped us. All he wanted was ‘pachaas paisa’. How many of us remember what pachaas paisa is worth? He was wearing a clean albeit torn white shirt, trousers and spectacles. Quite stoically he put…
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What It Is Like
What’s courage like?It’s like walking to the very edge of the cliffStraight into the skyAnd not stopping. What’s determination like?It’s like standing completely perpendicular to the groundShoulders back, eyes level with what’s comingTill all motion, even breathing stops…but standing still. What’s toughness like?It’s like feeling heat turn ever so slowly…
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The Modern Woman
Who is the Modern Woman?
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Observer – Mumbai Beat
Mumbai. It’s both beautiful and tragic.
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Office Capers : De-bop-ba-luba
My first on this new blog under the ‘Office Capers’ section. For my new readers, here is a glossary for your guidance: SNC: Someone from the neighboring cubicleSFOS: Someone from the other sideGod: a.k.a da BOSSAKB: Allah ki Bandi a.k.a Boss ki chamchi We spend one-third or more of our…
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A Happy Couple
8 a.m. on a weekday morning. Mumbai’s crankiest best. Sweepers shuffling dust into the air with a vengeance, cars spelling out “Eat my dust” in their fumes, people shuffling to work. I stood at the bus stop frowning into thin air, waiting for a bus that was always late on…
