White And Black Room

A white and black room. Darkness everywhere but for a sole white reading light. Closed windows, rain patters on the glass. A pattern to the patters paints a picture on the window. Muffled noises, the world is celebrating a trunk nosed, pot bellied God. Closed windows, night sky lights up, firecrackers all across the sky [...]

After The Rain

The room is engulfed in darkness and Ammu sits on the divan in the corner of the room, the light from her laptop, open in front of her illuminates her face. She has a blanket over her head to shield her from the cold, she is wearing a T shirt and pajama and a sweater [...]

Unmasked

I open my eyes to a beautiful morning and immediately reach for my phone. I sigh in relief when it turns on as I had assumed it was dead when the alarm didn’t go off. I hear the clattering of dishes in the kitchen. “Good morning maa.” I scream and there is a brief period [...]

A Starry Night

The chair stopped spinning and Ammu shook her head to clear it. She saw her manager walking towards her and pretended to check something under her desk as her head was still spinning. Round and round. She found her charger cable and plugged her phone just as Jatin stopped in front of her. “Hi Ammu, [...]

Passing Afternoon

The afternoon sky It was a particularly sunny Saturday morning, the sun was merciless, the heat was beating down on Ammu as she ran into her bedroom drying herself after the bath.She switched on the fan and turned it to full speed trying to wipe the perspiration off her face and neck, she could feel [...]

Once I Went To The Bank….

When I was little I would receive pocket money from my dad occasionally, it was not a weekly or monthly thing. Once in high school in a burst of childish anger I told my parents that they were very bad people and that they didn’t love me because all my friends got their pocket money [...]

THE LITTLE THINGS

It is quarantine time in this country and we find ourselves at home locked up. I have been at home for almost 15 days now. I kind of quarantined myself early on. To say the least I don’t mind staying at home and I feel like this the introvert heaven. I’m just happy to sit [...]