Jake saw Helen walking in front of him. The crunch of leaves under their feet resounded in the lonely woods. She was excited about their weekend away from the city. Jake remembered the first day he had met Helen.
They had met during group grief counseling. Helen had found her fiance David murdered in their Apartment. [...]
“Dad, Tushar uncle has come” the voice from the hall disturbed my morning newspaper reading routine. It was my daughter Kalpana. I was surprised to see Tushar at the door after a long time. We have been childhood friends and we discuss everything under the sky right from the school days.
“So tell me Tushar, what [...]
It was half past six on a snowy Sunday evening and Trisha Peterson was applying a generous dollop of her Olay sensitive skin face wash. She used her fingers to gently lather up her face puffing her cheeks as she worked on. The loose curls of her ponytailed blond hair hung behind her ears like [...]
It was all about that ominous, odd-looking guava tree which created such a hue and cry in my household. There it stood, sturdy and robust, close to the boundary wall, just in front of the main door of my building. I don’t know when it sprouted, but it all came out of its own and [...]
The TV was on, but my mind wasn’t at it, it was busy thinking of my sister. It was already 9 p.m. and she was not yet back. Her phone appeared to be switched off, which wasn’t unusual given the monsoon. Every minute was making me more restless. Just then, the door door bell rang.
The [...]
Nam myoho renge kyo…Nam myoho renge kyo…nam myoho …as this voice grew fainter and louder in equal intervals I felt the laws of acoustics and I felt the wind, which otherwise I would have missed to feel if not for the chanting. There was a force in the voice. It rooted things up, it [...]
Dear Members,
The Katha Sagar Pre-Launch post staging is NOW OPEN. You can log-in to INDImag.com and stage your stories (add, format, align, embellish with photos) and submit. Once submitted, Gyan or I will look into it and if all is well, we will publish it on March-08 ; else you will see an email from [...]
I function within some real tight boundaries, that are mostly self-imposed, based on certain past experiences. Since what lies beyond the boundaries is not my ‘kind of thing’ I usually am content, going about the life inside one, without the need for change/ thrill.
However there are times when I think, it is wrong to be so [...]
Person 1: Wear salwar kameez
Person 2: I want to wear jeans.
Person 1: (shrieking) Salwaar kameeeez
Person 2 (grudgingly and while wearing it) Whatever
Person1: wear dumpata (dupatta)
Person2 (anger mounting and thinking if person 1 has lost it) drapes the fabric too
Person1: wear bindi
person 2: (ready to scream, but keeps anger in check)
person1: smiles widely at the result.
Person [...]
Here is our ‘work’ for the Artsy craftsy Challenge for March at Shruti’s. Anush had a lot of fun doing them as you can see.
1. Our happy family. Never mind the artistic liberty that we took while giving me pink cheeks.
2. Aaj mere R ki shaadi hai
Venue-Chennai. ( our friend R is getting [...]
Chennai is steeped in culture and history. Here are some wonderful ways, the two legged kind, to discover the city and its natural bounty.
Storytrails, with whom my father had been a story teller tops my list. It also has interesting trails for children and has expanded to Mumbai.
The rest of the walks that have [...]
When I say Chennai- if you think heat, conservative, heavy weight politicians, Rajnikanth, idlis, dosas, Tamil…in no particular order of course… you probabaly are right but you are also very very inadequate in your description.
You are surely not a Chennaite and not even a Madrasi( as most North Indians and West Indians call all those [...]