Those awkward moments….

That awkward moment when your future interrupts your past.

That awkward moment when a housefly whizzes around in the office.

That awkward moment when Sharapova’s opponent grunts louder than her.

Where are Jack’s sparrows?

The birds outside my window haven’t figured out what exactly is their problem — the fact that I’m a human or that they aren’t. In either case, they have an upper hand. They can fly away any given time whereas I’ll be stuck here in my four-walled cage fondly called home. Besides…

Minding skills

If my niece is quiet, it means just one thing — she’s asleep. Her Majesty is seven and counting and VERY curious. Though cuteness comes easily to her, she can be bothersome at times. Actually, most of the times. Maybe children are nature’s way of reminding us how irritating we once were. They can be…

Blossoms of monsoon

One rainy night, he looked out of his window and then peeked into himself. The contrast between crowd and loneliness was evident like never before. He pondered for a minute and then took out his smartphone to foolishly text “I think I’m falling for you!” to an unsuspecting female friend. She…

Hue, us and them

There is no point in teaching darkness a lesson or two in racism. It won’t understand. In any case, almost every little thing under the sun has a grey shade. Unless you are in Antartica. Moreover, only penguins have the right to see things in black and white. That’s also why they choose not to fly…

Caught in the heist

Sometimes, you look up to someone as your role model and then they goof up. That’s what happened with Fareed Zakaria. As of now, the celebrated columnist has been given a clean chit on plagiarism charges and reinstated too. But he’s not the first to steal something from someone and pass it off…

Reflections of an atheist

An elderly person seated beside him was wearing his faith on his sleeve — a plastic badge with godman’s mugshot. This triggered sarcastic thoughts in the young lad. Looking down upon the old man, he smirked to himself: “These folks create God out of humans.” Thankfully, he didn’t…

Taking giant leaps

Lance Armstrong may have cheated at the Tour de France but his testicles are a pair of inspiration for millions out there. Like he once said, “One small step for man, a giant leap for steroids.” Actually these are not his actual words. They were something to the effect of “If I can beat cancer…

Dinosaurs and Speilberg

Ever wished we lived in a Tarantino movie for a change? Not everyone would agree with me (insofar, not everybody appreciates excellent cinema either) but life is indeed wonderful…in movies! And if it has a bit of unanticipated violence attached to the bloody script, who’d complain? At…