Home is so many things.
Postcards:– R sent from Pondicherry– C sent from Australia– Arj sent from Vietnam– Akshu sent from Finland– bb sent from Dubai A happy photo of me under …
Maintaining (relative) peace while quarantined
Many people I know have returned home to their parents to be under quarantine. This is new territory for most & is causing clashes for some. I …
Pieces of life
You see a tiny green frog?It was a part of a contraption my grandfather gave me for my 12th birthday. He died later that year.There is a …
Of Bumra
I was an awkward & pessimistic little child. I was thinking mummy’s depressed & psychotic thoughts. In the wake of that, I didn’t have a relationship with …
Stray moments:
R and I sharpened pencils in the kitchen. While it sounds juvenile, I swear we smiled. The act of using a sharper and sharpening a pencil over …
I am alone at home
I am alone at home. Mummy is in Pune. Papa is visiting a site. Ruchi is at the office. Goldie is playing dead because mummy is in …
Warts and all
Remember that aunty you meet every few years at family festivities, who says “you’ve grown so much, you were this small when I last saw you” or …
Totu
In 2018, I shifted home, desiring the coziness of family as much as to abandon it forever. That formed a big big part of my mental health. …
Happy in my heart // Schitt’s Creek
At the risk of being repetitive, I want to say that I am the least anxious I remember being at a stretch. If it’s the medication, the …
Papa
It has been 65 days since papa’s operation. Two months since we came home, tried to gather our lives, created new routines, and then made newer ones …