3rd January 2016 — My mother frantically wakes me up, all panicked. Our cat had been throwing up all morning, she needed to be rushed to the vet yet again.
Barely two years old. She has seen more suffering than most. We rescued her from our ‘chhat’ at barely 2…
The Debt of Belonging
I moved to Greater Noida 2.5 years ago to start teaching at a university in the middle of Dadri. This is my first time living, working and discovering all the stereotypes of life in Western UP. Moving to any new place comes with its challenges but the challenges of Gr.N and Dadri are of a different…
The laptop delivery
As we were wrapping up our trip to Bangalore, my childhood friend requested me to deliver his laptop to his father as he had to leave directly to his University. Exchanging goodbyes, we parted ways. I boarded a night bus and reached Neyveli around 5 am.
I was just promoted to 6th grade, but did not do well in Maths. In fact, in spite of being sincere (my mom never had to tell me to study), I never really got high scores. Phool Miss was my class teacher in first grade, and in fifth grade. She was also my mom’s neighbor in her maiden home. So Maa took me to…
The morning fades in like a scene from a theater production.The dawn came with a musical silence,the soul hearing the melody the ears could not.
Only an hour ago the blackness was absolute,but now the mist was visible.Gold and pale, the sunlight filled my entire room…
The city was washed away, roads became beaches and cars became useless.Hundreds of lives, crores of properties and the whole city was lost. All suffered. El Nino showed no mercy. The Bottom people were hit hard, their life was washed away. And they had to start fresh. The Middle people stuck tight and hoped…
