Ruby Raves

🫖 Teapot

I woke up to the bright white light on the ceiling and quickly covered my eyes with my palms. I don’t like artificial bright lights. I cower when I see bright bulbs or LEDs. But since I was already lying down, I curled up to rest my face on my knees and my palms. My left arm hurt. I didn’t know what was…

✍🏾 Writing Prompt

The gathering was just as I had imagined……

The gathering was just as I had imagined; thousands of aliens from millions of star systems assembled in the orbit of UY Scuti, for the once-in-a-millennia Galactic Parliament. I raised my head tentacles to get a better look at…

Grey Blue

The blues, greys, pinks and reds
The murky skies and the colours of sunsets
Heather bushes and grass blades,
You hear, smell and see them all
More of everything
Faces, voices and expressions
People who walk alongside
On those busy old town streets
packed with stores and chic eateries

The Gurgling Toilet Ghost

We are at Nani — Nana’s¹ house and it is haunted. Of course, it wasn’t always like this, it all happened today and…

Teenage Vegetable Danger Hurdle

(Because I like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Today is a Happy Day 😀

In my attempt to be a happier person (my birthday resolution), I woke up with a clear conclusionー today is going to be a happy day, no matter what. You see, the last few days hadn’t been so. My forceful bids at writing had been sort of unsuccessful which left me a little cheerless. In…

⚛ Atomic Habits

Why another self-help book?

I’ve spotted Atomic Habits multiple times at airport bookstores, have people recommend it to me and have watched a few Youtube videos by James Clear, the author. But I’ve always been sceptical of books in the self-help genre…

Exile

Friday, 17:57. Tapovan Express rolls in at Platform 1. The rickshaw-vala fumbles to find a five rupee coin in his breast pocket. The train leaves in three minutes. Sakshi can snap at him any moment now, but she controls herself and tells him “Laukar kara dada, majhi train sutlela.” (Hurry up brother, I’ll miss my…

Chiti’s Bobbing Antennas

Part 2 of 3

“Antennas Up!” 
“Ants March.”
“Left, Right, Left.”

It was the same drill every morning, wake up long before sunshine, line up in team Bravo, gawk at all other ants…