A mountain trekked on locked down feet

On a turmeric tinged rainy evening, glancing at the creeper perching up through the highest wall, she scribbled in her little brown diary, "a mountain trekked up with locked down feet". She had been spending hours on the high terrace, replete with pink and blue blooms. The world outside was halted in transit, life had...

Pandemic and Cyclone – throwback to a malady

May 2020. This time, this year, is hard to not remember. Bitter, astonishing and no end to maladies. This year, this time, we would love to forget forever. Bottle green moss walls. Knee deep dirt water, the smell of sewage, carcasses and erupting fungus. In the midst of blooming wilderness, there are missing humans everywhere....

A middle-aged woman draped in a paithani Maharashtrian saree matching the colour of her paan stained teeth, jumped in on the train even before it had barely stopped just like the locals and comfortably placed herself next to me with a loud thud that did not sound very comfortable. Settling down on the seat like...

A graceful man

A yellow striped cotton 'taant' sari worn in perfect pleats around a slim waist, paired with elbow length deep cut green blouse and layered haircut with dark brown highlights - she looked gorgeous, even from the back. Carrying a leather file, she could have been any other office-going young woman in an afternoon train in...