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A house of her own
Sarita stared at her landlord in silent horror. She had been dreading this moment for a while now – yet when he uttered those words, she was not quite prepared for them. “Please vacate the place”.He...
View ArticleSundernagar - HP - 1975
In the summer of 1975 my father was invited to convene a conference in Sundernagar, HP. The erstwhile Maharaja of Sundernagar, Lalit Sen, wanted to start a college there. He wanted my father to start...
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Live life on your own terms
“You live only once” seems like such a clarion call. Get up and do things you like. Enjoy yourself, burn a hole in your pocket, dye your hair blonde, go off to climb Everest, watch every movie, get...
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Write Tribe Prompt # 4
http://sarabbit.openphoto.net/gallery/ Ths lovely picture of a girl holding red rose petals and her red sweater reminded me of a poem that my daughter wrote when she was in Class V, which was perhaps...
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Plea from Aham Bhumika
Any one willing to buy this painting ,acrylic on canvas, to support a cause ? Price Rs.9KContact @Ahambhumika on twitter
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Why I write
I suppose I have to thank the Radiant Reader, my English text in 3rd Standard, for instilling a love of reading in me. I was trying to trace the exact point in time that I developed a love for...
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7x7x7x7
Grab the 7th book from your bookshelf.Open it up to page 7.Pinpoint the 7th sentence on the page.Begin a poem/a piece of prose that begins with that sentenceLimit it in length to 7 lines/7...
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Write Tribe Wednesday Prompt # 6
The phone rang."Hello, Roshni!""Oh Hi! Rahul!""I have to say something to you.""Bolo""Listen, you said I was not paying attention to you these days.There is a reason behind this""Why are you silent,...
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The Write Tribe Wednesday Prompt # 7
"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." Winnie the PoohThere are plenty of small/short/lesser known things that appeal to me more than the big and the bombastic.A "Hi"...
View ArticleWhen you say nothing
"When you say nothing at all... I hate it." Rajesh nearly screamed out the last three words.Rani felt a shiver go through her. She had heard Rajesh when he had imperiously told her "Sonia and Prem are...
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Write Tribe - Wednesday Prompt - 10.7.2012
Little feet patterRain soaked grass softens her fallSweet baby laughsL
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Write Tribe contest # 1
I peeked into my son’s room to let him know he had received a postcard from his friend. I saw him lying on the bed, idly watching television and flipping a coin.“My my, aren’t we tidy!” I said...
View ArticleUSA visit - October 2013
I returned from a month long USA visit 15 days back. This was my first international travel ever. Hence everything, the long journey, the overseas travel, the new country, was all a first experience...
View ArticleAn encounter with a would-be thief
I had gone to the GPO in Sector 17, Chandigarh on Saturday to mail a letter by registered post. By the way, this involves a long process if your mail is overseas. The person at the counter will view...
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A visit to NASA - 2013
My memory of our world's forays into Outer Space date back to July 1969. We were given a day off in school at midday when it was announced that Man had landed on the Moon. I thought of this as a some...
View ArticleTwo faces of Mumbai
I passed through Mumbai twice in my young life. I had a different experience each time. It had something to do with how I stepped into Mumbai. I am pretty sure about that.The first time I stepped down...
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#FixOurRoads: Opp. Comfort Banquet, Zirakpur
The Old Kalka-Ambala Road, that led from Zirakpur to Ambala used to be an abandoned road for a long time. It had agricultural land on both sides and lay green but forlorn.Now the place is humming with...
View ArticleMy Scrapbook - Features Digest - 1
I often post articles and features that I like on Twitter and Facebook. But these places are so overcrowded that it is sometimes difficult to extract and even remember what I posted a while back....
View ArticleJust Books, JP Nagar, Bangalore
There are some places that you fall in love with instantly. It is all about ambience. Maybe it is what happens in a place like this. Maybe it is a combination of everything.I happened to be in Just...
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In the line of Duty
This happened in the early 90s.I was working in what was then so fancifully known as the EDP Department. EDP stood for Electronic Data Processing.An 8088 processor PC was the hot killer hardware in...
View ArticleLesson in acceptance.
Jamnagar in the 1960's up to the 1980's when I left was mainly a vegetarian town. It is a dry state, that we all know, thanks to Gandhiji. Non-vegetarian food is not openly available. Bread shops...
View ArticleBoard Games - Snakes and Ladders, Ludo
In the 70s, we had board games like Snakes and Ladder and Ludo. I have played Chinese Checkers too at times. I was introduced to Monopoly much later when my kids were small. Other games like...
View Article5 Essentials
Just finished reading this excellent post by Richa Singh. We are all creatures of habit and cannot do without things that are essential to us. I won't go near food, clothes and shelter; just mention...
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On Reading the Narnia Series
During the 1970's my family reunited for a few years. My father returned from the USA bringing along his wife. My older brother and I were sent from Jamnagar to join him.It was not wholly pleasant...
View ArticleSwimming and Kerala
I cannot pinpoint the exact year when we visited Kerala. It was surely 1971 to 1973. It was most likely 1972. One of my father's friends was getting married in his village in Kerala. Alas, I don't...
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