Tag: humour
Going to school
Emaad shows reluctance to go to school, after moving to Delhi. He was not like this before. His Maman is worried about her only son’s school life. We learn a little more about him through the story.
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What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. The fairest and sweetest of all in the office! Many years back, one Mr. Grace Light (literal translation of his name; no, will not reveal the language) joined our office on deputation. An office assistant, he proved an asset, with his resourceful
» Read moreSizzling Symphony
On the terrace, on a lazy Sunday morning, as I stand breathing petrichor, with an approaching storm, my attention suddenly gets diverted, hearing a faint whistle. What happens next? Image: Gomathi Mohan
» Read moreDAILY RITUAL
Intro: I am woken up at midnight and put on a flight. Received at the airport, I am taken downtown in a van. From there to my destination on a bicycle. I get to repeat this everday. Who am I? forms the rest of the story!
» Read moreA Matter of Luck
A Matter of Perception
Simply because of his diet, granddad was an outcast, a recluse, There were few mourners at granddad’s funeral. Not because he didn’t have any relatives, but because he’d lived mostly on a diet of rats. People shun rat eaters for some reason. Granddad had never married. As a young man, he was engaged to my grandma but then war came. Off
» Read moreDeceivers
This is possibly something to rile both the believer and the unbeliever. But maybe I’m wrong. Even the briefest of comments would be appreciated.
» Read moreNeon Pretty
Poem-song from the first album – all about those certain nights out NEON PRETTY I should not be here, walking late in these neon-pretty twilight zones I can find no pulse inside me t’shake my ghost soul bones the pentagram still binds us to our spritual needs I do penance for my conscience for my unspeakable, unconscionable deeds. I
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