Life is a Govinda movie
Do my thoughts count as ‘knowledge’ now that I am a tax-paying, non-fiction reading adult? I am just seeking general consent; because personally, I feel entitled to …
My therapist says
My therapist says to me “पुढे जायला काय लागतं? एक पाउल ठेवता येइल इतकी जागा” “What does it take to move forward? Space enough for the next …
My therapist says
My therapist disintegrates me into smaller parts for an hour every week, she addresses them as different people in that room. One of us likes to write …
All of my selves
Recently the monster has been coming and leaving very often. I sleep anxious and wake up sad. My head hurts, my chest hurts, my digestive system is …
Dear S
Dear S,So much of me is you. I am made of all the assignments you proofread, all the things I write that you quote at me, and …
Of socks and shoes, and shoes and socks
When I was 10, a doctor made me a pair of school shoes. They were like Charlie Chaplin’s. Rounded at the tip and was the heaviest I …
On turning 25
Yesterday I went to meet my relatives. As the mandate dictates, I went right into the room full of children, we played till we were out of …
Birthday gush
I know it is unsophisticated to gush about your birthday before it happens, and the most, one day before it, I believe. But anything that happens on …
Wildflowers grows of time and circumstance
“They just grow wherever they want. No one has to plant them. And then their seeds blow in the wind and they find a new place to …
How do you feel now?
Violated. The monster rises without consent. I sit, knowing he won’t ever pass. I took 2 pills instead of 1. He goes back to sleep, without intimation. …