Waiting for small feet!

Waiting for small feet!

As Meera surveyed the unloaded boxes, her new, one-bedroom home in Pune felt suddenly cramped. She chided herself for not discarding more before her move from Mumbai. She could have saved money on the movers. But in her emotional state, was such practical thinking...
Grains Of Wisdom

Grains Of Wisdom

Nestled between valleys, life in Kaveripuram, a village in Tamil Nadu, had always been generous. The soil was fertile, the rains dependable, and the granaries of every household brimmed with rice and pulses. Every day, there would be festivities in the village. One...
A POCKETFUL OF GUILT

A POCKETFUL OF GUILT

“What’s this, just 200 rupees?” Akshay taunts me as he waves the two-hundred-rupee note I had secretly taken from my father’s shirt pocket. “Dude, that’s Marlboro! A pack costs 300,” Rohan chimes in. “Just let me try one today,” I find myself...
SOMETHINGS TO LEARN

SOMETHINGS TO LEARN

The train swayed rhythmically as it thundered along the tracks. The man seated next to me jabbed me in the ribs with his elbow, sending a jolt of irritation through my weary body. I couldn’t help but wonder what invisible grievance he held against me that made...
PREMONITION

PREMONITION

You laugh at your wife’s apprehensions when your daughter informs you about her college picnic to Malshej Ghat. “How far is Malshej Ghat from your college in Churchgate? Are all your friends going with you? By when you will be back?” She has a volley of questions to...