Give and take

I like to say that dog is our best friend without a friendship band. And we keep hearing how the four-legged ones love us irrespective of how or who we are. But we somehow conveniently forget that it’s not THAT simple. We tend to shower affection on them and they return the same, many folds over without…

Empty earfulness

I’m not talkative by nature. I’m talkative by character. Which means, if i like you, i’ll talk to you. I’ll chat you up in a manner that will leave your eardrums haunted for a reasonably long time. And i’m not kidding. People i like end up disliking me because i have so much to share with them…

Love her? Let her be

It’s not that love has to be unconditional but then, what’s the point of having conditional love? Does the moon share its beauty only with the select few? Or does the sun shine bright on the chosen ones? What about rain? Does it not fall down indiscriminately? Have you seen the wind change…

Tied and tested

Irony comes handy in our local trains. Recently, a college girl had to get into a general compartment — which she usually doesn’t do for obvious reasons — as she was running late for her lectures in Matunga. The train was way too crowded and she found it difficult to find herself a comfortable place…

Do you?

Q: Do you ever feel like a fallen leaf that floats around trying to find its ground?

A: If yes, you should try skydiving without a parachute. It will surely put things things into perspective (and bones into cast). Also, drop it like it’s gravity.

A matter of balance

Call this city loud, stinky or whatnot but there’s one thing that we all take for granted: Mumbai’s ability to let us just…

Hmmmessage

It’s early morning and you’re blankly staring out of the window. Your eyes hurt due to all the weird dreams they were witnessed to before. This is when your view is interrupted by a sparrow who perches itself on the hanging wire outside. It has something for you. Messengers, like messages, come in all size…

So long

It’s depressing the way comics die. At least the ones who commit suicide. Doesn’t make sense at all. Or maybe it does. They make us laugh while they suffer in silence, huh? Unfair enough. Cracking jokes for a living might sound churlish but they throw light on stuff that’s often neglected. Messiahs in their own…

Mob justice

What is it about our cops that makes people prefer to stay away from them? Instead of approaching the police to resolve problems, often the public decides to take things into their own hands for a speedy solution. Something of this nature happened on Wednesday night at Govandi railway station. With the…