पुराने पन्नों से...

पुरानी रद्दी में से एक स्कूल की किताब निकली. बीच के पन्नो में कभी कहीं खाली बैठे हुए एक तस्वीर खींची गयी थी. बात उस वक़्त की है जब शायद यह त...

Walls…

We live in our own prisons and shall succumb to the walls that we are building right now. The mind is trapped and the legs tied. Wish I coul...

Bringing Down An Angel

  I am the hand that torched your wings Burnt them down to cinders & made you a mortal I shall not be forgiven But then, to th...

The Midnight Solace

It stirred up again and as I looked out of the window onto a scrappy ugly lit Jersey cityscape marred with a frowning sunset, I could feel m...

Unlearn and Relearn

I looked back and then ahead again. The adrenaline kicked in and I felt a slight rush of blood go to my head. I took a deep breath and wen...

The Elusive Life

I spent whatever time I had on my flight thinking about if life at all made any sense. I have been playing along the way things have come my...

Filling The Blanks…

Hmmm..the blog looked dead. It has been quite some time since I last wrote in anything. For a change, it wasn't the lack of ideas but ju...

The Game

I am amused at your sitting in silence with your head turned away, not wanting to look at me. What amuses me more is to see you checking the...

Champions and The Morning After…

India won the Cricket World Cup 2011 last night and there were unprecedented celebrations all over the country. People flocked to streets sh...

As India Celebrates…

It is only befitting that I make a quick post about the celebrations last night after India beat Pakistan at Mohali after a seemingly anxiou...

Rooting for India…

It’s only a game of cricket and not war, I repeat and can’t even convince myself. It is one day to go before the India Pakistan World Cup 20...

A Picture is worth a 1000 words…

India won a hard fought battle against Australia in the second quarter final of the Cricket World Cup 2011 last night and well..the picture ...

The Decent Policewala

I don’t know if you would find this to be as amusing as I thought it was, but it was something I never expected. In fact, for a moment, I re...

See This…

1. Have you ever spent more than a 1000/- on a lunch or dinner in a fancy restaurant in a mall or a shopping place? 2. Have you ever bought...

The Fire and The Smoke

Tried coming up with some smart rhyme and embarrassed myself – yet again. I guess I have lost all sense of poetry for that matter. Maybe I s...

For Esha and The Cause…

I received a new year greeting card by regular post this morning from a very special person. Now she is special not because that I know her ...

The 2010 Diary

I remember being retrospective about the year 2009 almost at the same time an year ago. (Read ‘ As I Look Back ’) I guess its time to do so ...

Reality Check…

  You know what I did before I got married? - Anything I felt like.

A Brand New Heart

  I need a brand new heart. I guess the one I had for so long has really worn out. The austere valves no longer pump the same ebullient bl...

The Sound of Silence

I shall use this long drawn silence to talk to you. I would use these pauses to tell you all I wish to say. The vacuum extends from all what...

My Eureka Moment

It happened this morning as I was riding to work. I had to make an early phone call to San Francisco and I was wondering what would the loc...

The Fair Fight

We can fight forever if you feel like. If this brings you joy, I shall indulge you as long as you want. You can seek your solace from the pa...

The Rush Hour…

Cold December morning, the wind cuts into the face. The lips quiver and the fingers go numb inside the gloves. The jugglery with gear shifts...

Riddhie’s Own Blog Website…

I guess I finally did something worthwhile and finished off at least one thing in time. For those who are yet unaware of my new endeavor, th...

The Silent Night

I would have celebrated this silence had you been a witness to it. The darkness looms large and the cold air sweeps in from the broken glas...

“I - Abstract”

I have a life wrapped up, much as one of the unused carpets in my house. I move on one step at a time and fall back a dozen. Maybe I should ...

Agony…

Another year goes by and we the tax paying population of this country are still paying for Ajmal Kasab’s bread, clothes and security. The I...

About the Hiatus…

This is perhaps the longest that I have been away from this blog. Much has happened since the last entry and this. It almost seems like a ne...

Sitting on a Time Bomb

The much awaited verdict from the Allahabad High Court on the Ayodhya dispute was finally out yesterday (September 30, 2010). Though much wa...

Wasted

It’s been overcast and clouded for most part of the day with intermittent heavy showers. With the perennial shortage of electricity and long...

Farewell…

I shall let you go as you asked me to. Maybe you are better off without me, maybe you shall find peace in the vast emptiness that will sprea...