Letter

Dear Babbu, If you are reading this, it probably means you are old enough to understand death. As a child you were told that grandma is in office when she died; you were only three years old, too young to understand the meaning of the word ‘death.’ Some of my friends were very creative when …

Pledge

Our pledge India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters. Empty words and hollow hearts. All we have for each other is hate.   I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it. I hate you. You eat …

February

Today I tripped on the footpath and stumbled, hit my knee against the hard gravel. But the first word out of my mouth wasn't 'goddammit' or some such, I still called for you. As the pain passed through my knee, my friend said I repeated it again and again, like a small child hurt on …

Impact

Recently, a video about the millennials has gone viral, where in one of the segments the speaker talks about how the youth want to make an impact on the world. Well, even though I am not from that particular segment, I too had similar aspirations when I joined the workforce. I wanted to make an …

Haunted

Thanks to the soft bed I sleep on. To the roof above. For I don't have to worry if I will have another meal tomorrow. Will I be alive tomorrow? They say we should pray for the war in a far away land. I say praying is what us got us here. Religion plus power …

Vice

They all mock me, the teachers, my classmates all of them. Why? Because I cannot do a particular pose of yoga and I cannot touch my toes. I am fat, not yet obese. I put on weight easily and I love food and that is my downfall. I have tried various diets and various methods …

Notice

An ad on TV urges us to stop staring out of the window while we travel and instead shop online. Another ad asks us to stay tuned over the weekend, and be a couch potato in order to watch their shows. Do we want our teenagers to stay connected to the idiot box every weekend …