A while ago I wrote a story called Hot Shower, and had people ask me what happened next? Read on to find out 🙂 Varun thought he heard a whoop. Or did he? Everything seemed blurred through the fuzzy curtain of sleep and he turned, cocooned himself within the quilt and went back to sleep….
Of Maa, Mishti and More – Durga Pujo
The well-known Ramakrishna Mission Hospital and Math stood along the route between school and home. Every Pujo season, on the way to and from school, I peeped out of the car window to see if the Pandals were being set up yet. The excitement of spotting the bamboo skeleton of the Pandal being set up…
What’s in a Surname?
Pic Courtesy: Google We don’t have control over certain choices in life. Like, we never got to choose our genes, our relatives, the color of our eyes, and our surname. Yes, surname. Well, I hated mine! There! Out with it finally! Feel so much better now! From the time I learnt what a surname was,…
Book Review – Fighting for Tara by Sunanda J Chatterjee
13 year old child-bride Hansa is left bereft when her 60 year old husband passes away and she is ordered to kill her new born daughter, a decision forced upon her by her husband’s brother whom she is supposed to marry in the next few hours. Helpless and scared she sits with her 3 month…
3 Day – 3 Quote Challenge : Day 3
You hear so many people saying this these days. What does it even mean? When you love yourself, it is like being in a relationship with yourself. And the basic requirement for every relationship is respect, trust and understanding. So when you love yourself you respect yourself enough to say no to all choices may…
3 Day – 3 Quote Challenge: Day 2
Even before you wake up in the morning, technology has you in its grip, with the alarm you set on your cellphone waking you up. As you open your eyes to another day, and to switch off the alarm, you can’t help but sneak a quick peek at all the messages that flooded various mailboxes…
3 Day – 3 Quote Challenge : Day 1
The reason most of us find it so difficult to Let Go is because we believe in being in or wanting control. Rather ironic isn’t it, to realise that whatever it is that you wish to control actually controls you. Letting Go may seem seem difficult, but once you learn to you realise how liberating…
Book Review: Cabbing All The Way by Jatin Kuberkar
12 People. 1 problem. 1 solution. A dozen office goers decide to cut out the misery of the daily to and fro commute from their homes to their far away from civilization office by deciding to carpool. It seems like the perfect idea until they realize that 12 different people equate to 12…
Faces
Faces tell tales they say Is it true or just something that old wives say? Some have lines etched dark and deep, Did they laugh a lot or did they weep? Some eyes are happy, shiny and bright, While others are like windows, shuttered to keep out the light Did they see too much you…
Book Review: The BNO. Sex, Life and Hookah by Manoj Jain
Disclaimer: Spoiler Alert! This review may contain spoilers! Dear Mr.Manoj Jain, Congratulations on your debut in the publishing world, with your book The BNO, Life, Sex and Hookah. The premise of your book sounded so interesting; 8 Men, Two Girls, One Boys’ Night Out (BNO) It started off rather well too, with you using quotes…