My father’s mother

A few days back on Nov 6, 2023 my grandmother passed away. She has been bed ridden for almost 8 months. Finally, on Monday she travelled to her final resting place. While she has been a very important person growing up, she was never my favourite person. I never understood the things she did, why...

Survival 2022

I survived 2022. Yes, I did. There were a lot of times when I wanted to end it all. I felt there was no reason to continue this anymore. Things just kept spiraling down and down. But I made it to the end of 2022. I must say thank you to my wife, brother, and...

Zen

I know it has only been a few months, but it feels like a decade since I last wrote. But last few months has been difficult, and it is clear that this crazy situation is not going to change for probably another year. Any prospect of travelling abroad looks dim at this point, the job...

Bishops — Are they worthy of these titles?

You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.-- Matthew 5:13 I came across this verse during the Sunday Mass at the church. This is...

Unnamed Story

The story happens in two parallel dimensions. And as all Indian folk stories begin.. Once upon a time, in a far away Indian village, there lived a farmer. Whatever little he had earned from doing other chores, he saved up and bought some additional land. He planted a small plant which wouldn't probably fetch him...

People whom you work with

There are two types of people (Programmers): People who gets just the job done: They get the job done but they aren't worried about implementing it in an optimal way. They don't teach you anything new. The artistic folks: These are the people who are interested in looking at how it is implemented and constantly...

Corona Season

It has been 4 months since the first nation wide lockdown and travel restrictions were put in place due to the covid-19 outbreak. If the national numbers were in 1000s then, it has crossed 13 lakhs now and there a trial vaccine has been administered to few patients at the AIIMS. So, things are still...

Familiar Spaces

Someone wise told her,"Love cannot be found,where it truly does not exist"But she knew exactly where to look. Between the pages of her notebook,Captured within the dried up petalsOf the flower he gifted her.The fragrance contained their love. - Inspired from the Netflix series "Taj Mahal 1989"

Broken Worlds

Broken people come from broken Worlds. Yes, there is a world like that. What is a broken world? It's one where, Mother-in-law detest the daughter in law, daughter in law blames her husband for his constant drinking and other ill habits. His masculinity questioned, he resorts to beating his wife. Somehow in between all this...

A letter to Love

Dear love, I know we haven't met yet and even then I miss you deeply. Once all this quarantine is over and we meet, I want to hug you tight for minutes. I miss walking in the park on a Saturday evening just ranting about and venting about the last week. It would be lovely...