Teenage crushes and SPM tour
An ABBA song, that’s all it takes To open up Pandora’s box and teenage crushes Oh! the ripples it makes Painting pictures with mind’s brushes The only words I knew Continue Reading →
Author: Chitra Gopinathan
Getting together with schoolmates
Dawn of another day Another ordinary day it is not Today friends of old, meet up to say It means a lot We are now part of each other’s life Continue Reading →
The Hippocratic Oath
The last time I was part of a ceremony where the oath was taken was at Kavitha’s graduation a few years ago. I wasn’t expecting it, so it came as Continue Reading →
Second childhood
It has been snowing since yesterday, only lightly though. It didn’t settle. Which is a pity, because Lakshmi came to spend the weekend with me and we could have had Continue Reading →
My poor cars
Once in a while on a Wednesday I am asked to do a private list at a hospital in Brentford. The journey is only 25 miles and should normally take Continue Reading →
Me aged ten
Once a free spirit Free to roam the barren land Did I envisage the future I was to inherit A future written on sand Written with ease With a stroke Continue Reading →
Childhood friends
Majority of my friends in my school whatsapp group have known each other since their first day at school. Some stayed on till the end of the school days, some Continue Reading →
Happy days
Recently I thought everyone had forgotten how to smile. Was it the dark and gloomy days that were to blame or was it something else? Sometimes it is easier just Continue Reading →
Drive to work and Christmas number one
A foggy day greets me as I start my drive to work. The ice on the windscreen does not take long to clear, but the roads are covered in a Continue Reading →
My friend Rafia
I spent the day with a good friend of mine. A friend from my college and medical school days. Rafia was the only friend apart from my mother, I used Continue Reading →
