Reading Time: 2 minutesMy mother sits by the window. She’s been stationed there for almost three months now. It seems as if she’s waiting for an unknown visitor. Her eyes, glazed, crawl upon…
Reading Time: 2 minutesMansukh stood at the base of the mountain. It was now or never. The brown feet in his brown sandals hesitated. His shapely toes dug into the soft leather. This…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tea has come to a boil. So has my temper. The air is electric, one spark and the entire kitchen – BOOM! He’s waiting for his first cup of…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am the only color in a mass of black and grey. Orange shirt, green trousers, mustard shoes with purple laces. A cigarette hangs from my lips, unlit. I have…
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘I’m going to die laughing.’ Some of you may say – Bravo! That’s the spirit! But that’s not the intention of my statement. My laughter will literally be the end…
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘It’s just a chair.’ I looked at my mother, her lips tightly pressed together, arching like a rainbow with no colors. She looked worried. I, her son, the reason. ‘It’s…
Reading Time: 2 minutesHe was and remains the greatest gambler of all time. It wasn’t the way he held his cards or could read the faces of his opponents. There was a gilded…
Reading Time: 2 minutesI left home with no intention of returning. An empty house doesn’t qualify as a home, bricks and wood don’t talk to you. The only voices I heard were in…
Reading Time: 6 minutesHello! Good to have you here! It’s been some time since I’ve written about my writing eccentricities. My personal ones are as colorful, but I’ll save them for another day.…
Reading Time: 2 minutesEvery time I open my mouth, I regret doing so. Apparently, I have no communication skills. All the money spent by my parents on the finest schools, a sheer waste.…