Another Candle Added…

Another year whizzed by. I look back at what I wrote 364 days ago about crossing over to the third decade of my life. Some moments of intro...

Bye

She wrote a little ‘bye’ on the screen and probably closed her chat window. I waited a while before I could make out what it meant. Didn’t k...

The Reunion (July, 2010)

“ We prayed and sailed together then and the sun lit us alike. I remember as we shared an early dawn, the first monsoon showers and the f...

Time to Make Stuff Up

There are no comparisons or parallels drawn with Jon here and I really hate cats. But this particular strip from yesterday’s ‘Times of India...

Dekhtaa Hoon…

अधूरी तसवीरें जादू भरी होती हैं, नज़र मिले तो बे-रंग पटल पर सैंकड़ों कहानियाँ कह जाती हैं, नहीं तो प्रत्यक्ष से परे अपने भीतर सिमट जाती हैं...

The Verdict

The terror attack on Mumbai had prompted me to write actively and hooked me to making posts on this blog. Read the previous posts “ Mumbai...

Foodie Files - Confessions of a Foodoholic !!!

# I have important things to do before my dinner..(Lunch ->Snack in Between-> Coffee with Cookies->Juice with the TV->Chocola...

Yashodhara Waits…

Wrote this couple of years ago. Somehow stumbled upon it today and thought of sharing it again here. I regard this as one of my better work...

The (Unsaid) Indian Privilege…

Away on an overseas trip, I spent my last Saturday taking a walk in the laidback and quiet neighborhood of Thousand Oaks. As I walked past...

Kal Raat Fir…

कल रात चाँद ने परदे से झाँक कर तुम्हें खुद में देख सकने का सुकून मुझसे छीन लिया मुझसे रात भर यह तुम्हारी ...

End of a Search…and a story.

My search ended yesterday. I finally found you after nearly a decade. I waved at your reflection at the first chance I got, without realiz...

The Recipe

Ingredients : Flour of Teenage Dreams 1 kg ...

Have You?

Have you ever done this? * Have you ever sat in silence and just savored the light in your room fade out as the night takes over?  ...

Random Stuff I discovered recently – I

“Just thought it might be interesting to put down certain things I discovered recently. I am putting the list as ‘Part I’ coz I am sure I...

Who needs the Valentine’s Day??

I am not averse to romance and love and actually write a lot of mushy stuff (check the ‘Romance’ label in the right panel) but somehow I aft...

Be There…

There will be times when my voice won’t reach you, times when you shall rest your head on my chest and still won’t hear my heart call out yo...

Zibaahkhaana (The slaughterhouse)

Came across an article on the new age cinema in Pakistan and how a low budget horror flick by the name of ‘Zibaahkhaana’ (meaning Slaughter ...

When Love Ends…

I wanted to pour myself out in a letter. I wanted to write down an account of all what was happening and tell you that something somewhere w...

R.I.P

I have been dead and gone for long, to now be back again There’s no more ice in my eyes now, In heart no more pain I see my truth...

As I look back…

As I spend my last few hours of 2009, I am tempted to look back and see what I wrote as this year started. I came across the following post ...

My Wonder Years…

About a quarter past 4, third week of December and the feeble sunshine of the setting sun looking to give up its battle against the approach...

Off My Shoe..

“It happened this morning. People who find descriptions of gore distasteful are requested to skip this and advised to recite nursery rhym...

आपकी याद आती रही…

One song I heard years ago and rediscovered recently. Putting in the lyrics below and then the video from YouTube. Heard it in a loop so man...

‘Dilli Ki Sardi’

Just happened to start very early for work this morning and captured the following shot on the way. This is possibly Delhi’s first brush w...

Forgive the change..

“When you are a little kid, you are better bit of everything - artist, scientist, athlete, scholar. Growing up, it seems is like a proces...