Neetha Kurup

A Summer in Aleppey

From a not-yet-lost memory

Sometimes a song just takes you back, way back. Especially when the song is from a movie you recently realized was shot in a place you used to visit every summer as a child.

A Conversation

What is the point of life?

“What is the point of life?”

“Love.”

“That makes no sense.”

“Why not?”

At the Airport

I was there. The airport. The in-between land. I hadn’t been here in a while. I didn’t like this place before. I hated flying before I knew what it felt like. He would tell me how much he loved this place – the airport. He associated it with some sort of magic. It took me a long time to understand…