The Ministry of Utmost Sadness

Why depression may be the best thing that ever happens to you.

A friend from college pings me the other day,”Can we speak?”

Turns out her sister — in her early 40s — is showing signs of depression. On the outside, she has…

Beauty’s silent song

Why a poem written by a Pathan moved me to tears

Browsing through Netflix I came across a Pakistani film called ‘Janaan’. Although the imdb rating was only 7.3, the film was surprisingly watchable.

Space — the final frontier

Man + Woman Ver 2.0

Two men are standing at the boarding gate, waiting to catch an early-morning flight. They look accomplished, highly driven, successful. They are casually dressed — hence not corporate slaves. Must be entrepreneurs.

The road less taken

Why revenge is not the answer

‘They would avenge me later, yes, but only when they felt the circumstances would bring them heroic fame…. I would have thrown myself to save them if it had been in my power that day.”

I want to write, without boundaries and fetters

‘We are family’ (we smile on FB)

There is no one ideal family

It’s the 1st of May and I am listening to 107.1 FM radio, as I drive. The RJ is giving little homilies in her chirpy voice ‘ ‘Enjoy your holiday! Spend quality time with your family!!”