The Refuge

What if, you fall in love with an open wound? What if, you get addicted to the tinge of pain so much that when the wound starts to heal, you...

The Long Flight

“It is difficult to tell at times, if holding on makes you feel stronger, or letting go does”. “When are you leaving?” he asked. ”Around 20t...

The Strange Case of Feeble Sunshine

Dark clouds never bog me down or make me gloomy. When you walk with me, your smile is all the sunshine I need. The morning breeze came ridin...

The Right Distance

One needs to find the right distance between people. Too close and they overwhelm you, too far and they abandon you. - Hanif Kureishi People...

Halloween Special (2018)

Few days ago, quick edited a random click from the laptop to mix it with Heath Ledger’s joker and produced the Halloween special portrait. P...

Things You Learn at Work–12

If evolution was true, I'd have grown an extra pair of hands on the keyboard by now.

The Unusual Visitor

I often find this little fellow running through a thick basil bush in the courtyard of my house, but today it chose to just sit easy on a br...

Slightly Used Coffin

“I have the feeling that inside you somewhere, there's something nobody knows about.” - From Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt I ...

Feeling Special

“You know what?” she looked at him and smiled. “What?” he asked. “I was so stressed out because of work last night and you made me feel real...

The Poison

“We drink the poison our minds pour for us and wonder, why we feel so sick?” - Atticus “Do you need another drink?” she questioned. I smile...

Din Bujha Diya (दिन बुझा दिया)

रास्तों और मंज़िलों का फ़र्क मिटा दिया सहर-ओ-शब को इस तरह मिला दिया नफ़ा-नुक्सान कैसा? क्या, किसने दिया? इसी जमा-जोड़ में रात दिन लगा दिया च...

To the Moon (चाँद तक)

आरज़ू और इल्तिज़ा का बस इतना फ़साना है एक सांस का आना, एक सांस का छूट जाना है तुम्हें गुरूर हो अपनी संगदिली का बेशक़ हमें ना-गवारा एक आह का नि...

The Delirium

A sleepwalker ran into a dreamcatcher at a crossroad and burst into a thousand tales. They were simple stories from years gone by, flanked b...

Foodie Files–Paya Curry (Goat Trotters)

I have written about Goat trotters earlier too (Read HERE ), but this time it is a recipe I tried in my kitchen and since it turned out well...

Busy

Nope, I didn’t lie when I said I was busy. I WAS BUSY. When you thought I was sitting idle staring at a blank screen, I was busy debating t...

Euthanasia

It feels strange now when I look back and think about how I allowed you in my head in the first place and let myself be consumed by your tho...

Four (चार)

ना रंज किसी से, किसी की उल्फ़त भी नहीं रोका मुझे किसी मेहरबाँ की बाहों ने नहीं महकती साँसे नहीं, किसी आरिज़ की शुआएं नहीं  मेरी आँखों को ...

Walls

Walls are built brick by brick; laid out one at a time. However, once the final structure is complete, it becomes one single, big barrier. Y...

Tell Me

Tell me, Did you ever love someone so much that you couldn’t bear to be with yourself anymore? Ever missed someone so bad that you couldn’t ...

Caffeine, Gasoline & Vodka

Every morning, as I sit on my chair, turn the pages of the newspaper and sip from my coffee mug, I wonder if I will ever need anything more ...

The Beauty that is Sadness…

If the Sun never went down and if there was no night, there’d be no life on Earth. The surface wouldn’t cool down enough to sustain atmosphe...

At 39…

It’s been 9 years since I last made a birthday post (Read Here ) and barring some photographs from last few years stored in an old hard driv...

Let’s Stay Lost

He woke up to find two emails waiting to be read. The latest one said, ‘Plz ignore the first.’ Intrigued, he opened the one sent earlier. It...

Cured

His mouth was gagged with a piece of cloth and his hands and legs were tied to the metal bed. He tried screaming but his voice failed to esc...

Eternal Sunshine…

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each prayer a...

Magenta Isn’t Real?

“Did you know magenta is not a color?” she said ”Huh?” “Magenta is not a color since it doesn’t appear on the spectrum of visible light. It ...

The Illusion of Closeness

I realized this today – A perfect relationship between two people is the one where you can share anything about yourself and the other perso...

Anhedonia

Anhedonia , noun:  “The loss of interest and enjoyment in all activities that you once liked; the feeling of not caring anymore” If only I n...

The Yellow Chair

“So where do we go from here now?” she asked. “There isn’t a place to go anymore”, he replied. He pointed to the mugs on the table and added...

Travel Diary–Agra (2018)

Spurred by a good hotel deal, this was just a day trip with family and with no pre-defined objective. We started around 10 on June 9, 2018 (...

जाने से पहले (Before Leaving)

"वक़्त हो चला है, सामान कब से बांधे रखा है? क्या देर है? उठती क्यों नहीं? क्यों बार-बार इन दीवारों को देखे जा रही हो? यह दीवारें साथ नही...