My five year old son asked for a toy gun, well it is the gender thing I guess he and his brother have always been fascinated by guns and wheels to play with. So having procured a gun he went out to play with his friends and a retired Army personnel who happens to be…
The Healing
CREATIVE NON-FICTION In the fall of 2009 I was taken ill. It started with regular fever and got worse over the month. My life got cryogenised in terms of priorities; the fact that I had recently acquired admission in one of the finest Universities in London with a full scholarship did not alter my situation….
The tool kit
now all I gotta do is write that book! I don’t wanna write in 5 months I don’t wanna write in 5years I am not in a race to finish first. I wanna finish when I finish even if it takes a lifetime. I just want to write that one book that I know is…
In need of little insanity
If you are reading a book at a public place and happen to laugh uncontrollably, are you threatening the sanity of the place thereby exposing yourself to the dangerous situation of being craned off to a nearby asylum till you finished your book? If so, can you please leave the address of such a place…
Love
Love is when you’ve watched Iron Man 2 twenty seven and a half times yet when you tell him you need to watch it, he buys it for you online. Why? Because Netflix does not have Iron Man 2!!! Newsflash!!!
oranges.
I was in third grade when I discovered the existence of sugar cane. I always thought sugar was made out of oranges. The tiny super sweet ones that grow in my aunt’s fields. I was highly disappointed when I learnt that it was not so, and there are plants called sugarcanes for that. Living in…
into the jungle
He knew it was following him, he could sense it in this darkness. He moved briskly, he had to walk about a mile before he could reach the streetlights. He had been walking for about three hours now. He needed a drink badly. He knew he had to refill at the next stream but the…
Reviewing Paris Review
Reading about different writers in Paris Review and their writing environment and styles in writers room series provided an illuminating read, a sneak peek into their lives, it is interesting how we all draw heavily from our society when we write. The writings of Annie Proulx mostly seem to have a setting of country life,…
Coffee and a piece of heaven
The perfect weekend