Changing constant (Part 2)

I don’t know how to define this. Let’s just say I was a whole new person on weekends for four years.

Storytelling

It was our heroine’s turn to tell the story. She didn’t know which one to tell. She was lost in the labyrinth of her own choices. But she knew she wanted to make the listeners think and chose the latest one. She took a shot down her throat. Taking a sip of her beer, she stood up to take the main seat but…

Wanderlusting

18th to 23rd Oct ‘16, Shillong (Meghalaya)

Phaedrus meets Ms. Classy Mess

It was 11 AM. I entered a surprisingly empty Starbucks. There was just one guy put up in a corner, crumbled on the sofa, book covering his face. I could see he was reading Orwell’s 1984. On the table, with his mug of coffee, lied another book — Green’s Looking for Alaska.

Fleeting

Her hurry brewed results. She reached right on time for the sunset. Resting her empty cup of pseudo dark chocolate fondue and Kindle aside, she sat on the edge of the terrace, legs hanging, and leaning on the earthing pipe. After sitting on the edge of a 19 floor tower, she was quite sure her acrophobia could…

Changing constant

If you ask anyone in my family about my childhood tantrums, you’ll get nothing. I was the happiest child — no complaints, no demands. I’ve heard stories that I used to sleep a lot. While watching TV, near the window if it was breezy, in the auto-rickshaw/car/bike if we were traveling, etc. Not…

Guilty as charged

Shillong, Meghalaya — 19th Oct ‘16

I went over to a small shop and asked for a box of cigarettes. The shopkeeper handed me an empty box. I literally cried laughing. He understood the reason behind my laughter and gave me a box, this time with…

Lost in decryption

“You know why you loved sailing? It’s not the water or the hype of the sport. You loved it because it gave you the opportunity to dwell in the wave of decision-making. You could stay in the plain water and decide what to do — whether to challenge the high tide or just avoid rocks for the day…

Musing

Sometimes you dream. And sometimes, one of the dreams lingers around longer than others. You take the leap ahead and dream of fulfilling it. So much so it doesn’t let you sleep anymore. You try to grab every ounce of information you need to fulfill that dream. You read. You spend hours on the internet doing your…

AlcoLOL

She wakes up and hurries for her important day. As soon as she tries to push her body to stand, she feels a sudden rush in her head, and it clicks to her that it’s a hangover. As an aspiring journo, she is pretty sure she can do things correctly even when suffering from a severe hangover. She walks up and heads…