Bye bye birdie
There were nests in our balcony, built by little grey birds with yellow necks and blackheads. I would stare at them. Sometimes I planted my camera on …
Nonsense
I am home. I will be for a while. The part of my brain that I have no control over likes it here. The other part is …
Kindness cards
I made a friend recently. We write letters and give each other movie recommendations. I told him about feeling like an outsider at my engineering college and …
Blah
The last couple of days has been tough. I found myself anxious, saddened, unable to leave my room, and unwilling regularly. I listened to ‘Land Locked Blues’ …
this…and
Many years ago one day, a certain dear K had asked me whether I am a ‘sea person’ or a ‘hill person’. I did not know what …
Meghalaya
When I went to Meghalaya last month, R and I hired a self-drive car. It was a good decision in spite of the frenzy of panic it …
Books
She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain – Louisa May Alcott The first time I ever felt accepted and loved was on …
Call a spade a spade
I like to tell stories the easy way, cover the hard parts with metaphors, and beat around the bush till the cows come home. I may exaggerate …
Happy? Birthday
I hated birthdays. I hated birthdays to the wrong end of hatred where hormonal cycles rearrange themselves so periods can fall on birthdays. This alteration of the …
To love
Loving is the hardest thing that has been asked of me in my life. Falling in love I could still manage, staying in love felt like being …