Sringara

There is a way to save a life. A husband. A friend. A grandmother who has never forgotten a single birthday. There is a way to save any life. But no one has done it before. Many have tried, but no one has been able to do it before. The Gods have lived a long […]

Briefe aus dem Ende der Welt #1

“One day,” you said to me, “I saw the sunset forty-four times!”And a little later you added: “You know, one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…”“Were you so sad, then?” I asked, “on the day of the forty-four sunsets?”But the little prince made no reply.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince Hallo, du […]

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Letters From the end of the world #1

“One day,” you said to me, “I saw the sunset forty-four times!”And a little later you added: “You know, one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…” “Were you so sad, then?” I asked, “on the day of the forty-four sunsets?”But the little prince made no reply.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince Dear, […]

A castle of crotons and cats

How rich do you think we are, my mother saidwhen I asked her why she never buys crotons from the nursery.She levitates towards the flowering plants –Hibiscus and Crepe Jasmines and even Roses that never bear flowers hereBut the crotons at the back are never spared a glanceBecause only the wealthy can afford useless things. […]

Happy Mother’s day

“Are you sure this is not cringe?” I threw Viji an indifferent stare and continued walking. This had to be perfect. This had to be perfect, because otherwise it would look “cringe” like she did. I could not afford to look cringe on Instagram. There was a fine line between cringe and funny, and I […]

An exercise in Love

Here’s how you make a cat fall in love with you:First, you give it a place to sleep.Some cats will look at a KIng-sized bed and droolSome cats are content with the kitchen counter.This is a ruse. The cat will sleep wherever it wants to,but it is important to have a designated spot.Ideally, your laptop. […]

The Truth will set you free

Sir Arthur Sharma, self-christened and self-knighted member of the Global Truthwatchers Army, was not afraid of the Truth. In fact, the Truth was the only thing that comforted him. He had hated it when his mother had played peek-a-boo with him as if he could not understand object permanence. He had hated it when his […]

A small thing like the end of the world

From where we sat, we could see everything. The buildings on fire.The charred bodies.The people drowning the street with their anguished cries.The riots.The chaos. What is it about humans that makes them averse to the idea of dying? For a species that could die only once, you’d think they would want to go with as […]

And the bells start ringing again

Sadness does not always knock on your front door.It does not waltz in with a name tagAnd apologize for being late.No, it creeps in through the open windowThe same one you use to let the light in.It hides underneath the bed, among the monstersYou thought you had killed and others unnamed. Sadness is not always […]

How do you explain love?

Love sounds like the pitter-patter of raindrops against your window at night.Ice-cream trucks when you were seven.The low purr of a cat.It sounds like the first song that pops into your mind upon reading this. The first time you heard a baby laugh out loud.A comfortable silence. Love tastes like the glass of fridge-cold water […]