The sense of rumour

Gossip is one of the things every household maid is associated with immediately. And it’s quite true. All the helpers I ever came across were pro-gossipers. Not this one though.

Shraddha, that’s what the lady who cleans our house is called. By everyone, including her…

Chit-chat (Part 1)

Me: Hey hi! Harshita. You?
Radha: Radha Rama Radhikakrishnan
Me: *thinking* Her parents must be alliteration freaks.
Radha: Actually, my mother has a PhD in Literature.
Me: *thinking* she reads minds.
Radha: Umm.. I don’t read minds. It’s just that I am aware of this thinking face.

Eye contact

There is something about eye contacts that make them more powerful than words. Especially if it’s the right person. It’s almost as if you are diving into each other’s mind and figuring out what’s going on inside it. Perhaps, that’s why I suck at having a strong eye contact with people I don’t know. Letting…

Ignorance, Z, Zen

Disclaimer: Ignorance is bliss.

Today morning, a person posted something that was wrong on so many levels, I decided to let him know. Somehow, he took it on his ego and rather than acknowledging his mistake, defended his stupidity in the name of…

Captured

It all started as an argument one drunken night with two people I met at a friend’s house party.

“No dude, not everybody is photogenic.”, I claimed. “Everybody is photogenic, if their element is captured well.”, they argued. While this debate went on for quite some time, I had no idea…

Intimacy

His lips kissed her inked shoulder,
giving her the tingles she longed for.
Her hands smoothly made the way,
tousling and ruffling his silky hair.
His eyes looked up to hers,
only to see them twinkle.
It lead to the drum rolls, ah,
and when they couldn’t hold back anymore,
they ended in a fruitful, deep union…

A foodie affair

It was a Woman’s Day gift. And a great one at that. Unexpected and delayed, but wholeheartedly appreciated. So much so, that an entire weekend trip was planned to make it happen.

It had been almost four years since I last ate his perfectly cooked dish of lasagna. I had…