Empty Seat
“You have to register for a donor kidney right away”,’Dr.Garg at Apollo Hospitals, Delhi had told Priti last month. He had been treating Ajay’s deteriorating kidney condition, which was on… Read more »
Author Archives: Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Share my burden,share my life
USA has never had a woman president. India has had a woman Prime Minister and President. Why is it then that Indian women slave with the household chores while women… Read more »
Nasty Monday!
Shaken to the bone by phone alarm’s raucous call I pull out my hand languidly from the soft blanket Meaning to throw the demon fatally against the wall My brain… Read more »
The touch of transformation
Scribbled hurriedly and got selected! Prerna is the iconic businesswoman of today. Having graduated five years ago from IIM Ahmedabad, she is the Head Marketing –Asia Pacific for a monumental multinational company,… Read more »
Love you,ma
I just know my cords will quiver Eyes flood with gratitude Voice swell heavy with tears Simply futile to say ‘I love you’ You would smell the speck Hear the… Read more »
Sun shines on the righteous
Sun shines on the righteous,after taking a long pause,having spent its warmth,on the wicked and the infamous. The wind wiped away their dwellingas they prayed at the church.And abodes of… Read more »
Under the golden arches
“Mom, can we do a drive-through takeout? I am super hungry!” urged my thirteen-year-old son, Ishaan, when I was driving him to his Taekwondo class last Thursday evening. I mutter… Read more »
Starting over
Why don’t you write anymore? A question by my dear family and friends, which I evade all the time because that leads me to ask a question to myself-“Why don’t… Read more »
A slice of heaven
For my littlest niece,Eva: Sweet little baby, You smell of something alien- Transparency, purity, innocence. A fragment of the soul of the maker I can breathe in forever,your essence. Sweet… Read more »
Sun is a messenger
Every morning I look out the window to see if there is a hint of pink/red in the sky; if the sun is coming out bright or is it being… Read more »