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...

The Soft Dismissal

"रगों में दौड़ते फिरने के हम नहीं क़ायल, जब आँख ही से ना टपका तो फिर लहू क्या है " - ग़ालिब “There was no reason for us to be to...

Pics from Mumbai (2018)

I have always been in awe of Mumbai since my first trip made to the city as a child. Much as I wanted to roam around with my camera on the s...

Playtime

“You look with your eyes, you see with your mind” Clicked on a lazy Sunday afternoon in April, the spire of the Afghan church at Mumbai ...

Wonder

This would be the shortest movie review ever that I wrote. I watched ‘Wonder’ in flight on my way back from New Jersey earlier this week a...

Adequate?

“You have no idea, what you want from me. Do you?” she questioned and leaned back on the chair. “I think you have already made up your min...

The Threshold…

Life beyond this point is no longer what it was before. The threshold has been crossed. Do not believe if someone tells you that everything ...

Pics from San Francisco (2018)

During my entire stint at Oracle, I always dreamt of visiting their main campus at San Francisco. Ironically, this dream was realized after ...

Looking Back at 2017

“Outer order contributes to inner calm” – Gretchen Rubin It took me a few days to get around to this annual post where I sum up the year g...

Finding Corners

“It isn’t fair,” she said and held herself back. “What isn’t fair?” he asked. “It isn’t fair that I keep craving for you all day while y...