The One Who Fought Fire
My grandfather was a fireman. He fought fire. He saved lives & probably saw hundreds of deaths in his lifetime. He was also a religious man who worshipped Agni.
My grandfather was a fireman. He fought fire. He saved lives & probably saw hundreds of deaths in his lifetime. He was also a religious man who worshipped Agni.
I made an impromptu visit to my first-love city, Bangalore. How does it feel to date a former lover after two decades?
How I learnt to value deaths as I learnt to value life. What lies next to the pain of loss & fear of the unknown when it comes to death?
I closed a chapter I wrote a decade ago. It is a death since I once gave it life. What lies next to the pain of loss & fear of the unknown when it comes to death?
The world still doesn’t know how & why death shows up. How can there be any answer to why people turn out the way they do?
Gehraiyaan isn’t a great Valentine’s Day release. But it does make for some rich girltalk fodder.
This month began with news of the death of one of my close relatives. A few minutes before midnight, he was found at his computer, hand still on the mouse, the light and life gone from his eyes.
When science & facts fail to prove causality, one must turn to belief for survival. Maybe there is no such thing as causality but it helps me cope.
Passive Aggression did that.
What is difficult for a grown woman to manage, is another woman’s kitchen. Food is the battleground on which territory wars are fought.