Knickers and Pants
The conversation in theatres went like this. ‘Can you please remove your knickers?’. The answer, ‘you mean underwear?, you may wear knickers but I certainly don’t’. Oops. There are instances Continue Reading →
The conversation in theatres went like this. ‘Can you please remove your knickers?’. The answer, ‘you mean underwear?, you may wear knickers but I certainly don’t’. Oops. There are instances Continue Reading →
The day started like any other but it wasn’t just another day. Mother’s Day in lockdown has come around once again. The first time it was all new, the strict Continue Reading →
The forecast was for heavy snow. By breakfast the first flurries start. The children marvel at the white droplets falling from the skies. “When can we go out and play,” Continue Reading →
I forgot to draw the curtains last night. The yellow glow from the street lamps below filter through the thick early morning mist straining to make its presence known. The Continue Reading →
I can never predict how a Sunday morning will start. Last weekend Lavinia slept through till almost eight. Lakshmi was delighted to wake up first. I put my newspaper away Continue Reading →
I didn’t know Rajni well, in fact I didn’t know Rajni at all. She was in a group furthest away from me during our MBBS years and there haven’t been Continue Reading →
My head is hurting, the senses nauseous and the tongue parched. It is still early in the morning. Both the kids are fast asleep. I don’t want to wake them, Continue Reading →
The Sandalwood Dancers The swirling smoke it hypnotises, rising from the burning incense. The shapes it form before it freezes, momentarily before resuming its dances. Was that a ballerina I Continue Reading →
“You don’t understand English”, Lakshmi is looking at me. She was trying to explain something, which clearly was not right. I tried to explain why she had got it wrong. Continue Reading →
There are superstitions and then some more. It is Friday the thirteenth once again. What can possibly go wrong? I watch the magpie balance itself on the bird feeder, desperately Continue Reading →