Sitting on the elephant taking that mandatory ride, their bodies touching, each other's touch enticing them. The dopamine effect had so embodied them. He slid his hand back and weaved his strong slender fingers in hers. Her soft pudgy grip felt divine. As he toyed with her ring, he could not help notice her pinkish nail … Continue reading The honeymoon
The Bedroom
They got married at the insistence of family. It was as if marriage was an adventure in this part of the world. You had to get married to someone chosen by your family, extended family, family friends, anyone but you. But you hardly ever heard of marriages failing. They adapted, somehow. "They" primarily being the … Continue reading The Bedroom
Someday
I will complete it, someday, and the date passes. Procrastination is what I am talking about. Seems like an illness, that needs immediate correction. What is in the mind of the procrastinator? Looking into my own psyche, I think I just lack the will to sit down on time and complete my work, despite it … Continue reading Someday
Yesterday
Allahabad, a small town nestled in the rich Indo-Gangetic plains in North India, with extreme temperatures, and thinkers, writers, lawyers, doctors and educationists identifying the place. One of the oldest cities in the country with its bounteous waters of the two revered rivers The Ganga and the Yamuna meeting here, also give the city its importance in … Continue reading Yesterday
The Love Divine
Takeaways from this love week. 1. You rise in love, never fall in it. 2. Love is God. You never fall out of it or change it to hate. 3. You grow strong and humble in love. Not weak. 4. Love is sacrifice. Love is pure. So dear friends, go all out and enjoy the … Continue reading The Love Divine
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The fiasco
‘Valparaíso, how absurd you are…you haven’t combed your hair, you’ve never had time to get dressed, life has always surprised you.’ Pablo Neruda I, Ada Gomes, a happy resident of India, also a seriously restless soul, given to backpacking and coddiwompling every now and then, with some agenda in mind got this little grain … Continue reading The fiasco
Some snag, some cheer
The lousiest of the days that you can ever think of are the ones that you have been embarrassed by something or someone. You know, when you somehow manage to text love notes to your friend instead of your secret lover. Ugh! You could create an unnecessary scene between your best friend and you who … Continue reading Some snag, some cheer
Before Long
The rattling all around me was unnerving. The people were restless, the air hostesses were running around handing the passengers the oxygen masks. The elderly lady next to me took out a picture of her children, grown and married. She was sobbing uncontrollably. I looked out the window and saw the wings shaking vigorously. The cabin … Continue reading Before Long
Family
My attempt at writing a scene from the first person point of view and then repeat the same from the point of view of a third person. FIRST PERSON Maya rushed into a house filled with boundless aromas of a grand meal being arranged by the culinary artist of the century; my mother. She was a … Continue reading Family
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