“Khat Khatt Khat” the sound coming from the adjacent room took me out of the reverie. I checked my watch, it was 2 am. “Pa…what are you doing at this time?” “Nothing Beta…venting out my emotions,” Pa said without stopping his hands on the typewriter. As usual, I entered Pa’s room with morning tea but…
Till yesterday midnight, I was fumbling and was indecisive on what to write on the Prompt, “Stress”. You might be amazed to hear so but it’s true on my part, I don’t take stress easily till there is something that needs to be cared of and I try to find the resolutions…
He and I were always on loggerheads. He was two years younger to me but he called me by my name and none disapproved because he was a boy, an awaited son after four daughters and was apple of the eye of all family members. I say all family members because we lived with our…
She was 18 and he 24. She was beautiful & innocent and he was young & bubbly. The family & well-wishers blessed them profusely on the eve of their engagement and were very enthusiastic that they both will be compatible and will make a lovely pair. She was on the threshold of youth and…
Life is the best teacher and learning lessons of life is an ongoing process; it never ceases. The day you stop learning; the flame of life is extinguished. I firmly remember my school days when our bags were much heavy and my great granny used to make fun of us, saying, “Tumse bhari tumhara basta”…
I am happy because I count my blessings rather than abusing Almighty for the shortcomings in my life. There was a time in my life when I too had the habit of cribbing, lost control on my pangs of emotions and thought I was the unluckiest of all. As I grew and started understanding…
I have seen life very closely, from the ground reality, where I had seen my grandparents following the old traditions and living a healthy life. Their habits included getting up early in the morning and do Suryanamaskar, when the sun rose scattering their early rays to all life on earth and the early rays…
Autumn has descended and the mellow leaves are strewn all around. Thousand of memorable moments are associated with this park. I’m back to my country after 25 years, a lot has changed around but this place appears the same; only the seats are barren. When we met, we were seated on separate benches and with passage of time,…
He was trying Ashima’s number, every-time he got the same message, “Number unreachable.” Pratik wasn’t feeling well, so he took break from office & started for home. He saw the keys dangling on the main door. He thought that someone has barged in his house & he lost all that he had earned. He tip-toed inside…
“Every day is a new day for me” is Mantra of my life now. Two decades ago, I wasn’t like this rather I lived in past more than in present and carried past along. Gradually the load of past increased and I felt burdened with yesteryear. The consequence directly showed its impact on my health….