Language Love
My grandfather worked at a University in the British India. He acquired British accent and a fondness for the foreign language. My dad inherited this love for English and ensured… Read more »
His and Hers- #FeministMondays
We complain about skewed paychecks and opportunities at workplaces but ignore the inequities at home.The practice of gender discrimination starts at home and spreads its ugly tentacles to work.To me,… Read more »
The Little Thief
(This Story was first published on The Weekly Knob at Medium) “Renu, get ready! Come with me to the Big Bazaar”, Memsahib called out. An instant smile broke out on Renu’s… Read more »
Resign
Ria pulls the flying white dupatta to my hair and tilts my smudged forehead to her shoulder. Neel clutches my bare wrists as if detecting a pulse. My strong children…. Read more »
Of Festivals,Religions and Neighbors
Our faiths were miles apart but our houses shared walls. Our little residential colony –housing provided by the Indian Institute of Technology, India, my dad’s employer—was a potpourri of prominent… Read more »
I will never know
She circled tirelessly, hauling in grass and mud. I quietly watched it grow. Every day, when she was out, I picked up the strewn grass and scraped the sticky droppings… Read more »
I don’t want to know(Free Verse)
It’s past six My texts go unanswered Calls slither to voicemail I glance again at the clock Moving faster than normal? Shushing my heartbeat I start kneading the dough My… Read more »
Thumbprints
All his life, he secured his prized pen collection, not his money, under lock and key. His penmanship could shame printers; his signature was inimitably artful. Today, translucence coats her… Read more »
Did she get it right?
Her mother-in-law taught her the recipe—onions, spices, yogurt simmered together with chicken until their essence seeped deep into the meat. She cooked the curry for fifty years. He hovered around… Read more »
The Real Price
In 2004,my husband was assigned to a long-term project in the USA and he asked me to join him so that we could witness the sun rise and set at… Read more »