Listen to this StoryNarrated by Anjan Prakash WAYS OF BELONGING 1. Of a Place I am an early bird, who spends several minutes lying in bed after waking up, just to listen. To listen to the passing of the communication baton from insects stridulating and frogs croaking the night to, the songs of different birds, […]
On 29th October of this year, if my parents were around, they would have entered their fiftieth year of being together. My mother passed just days before their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary…
In a writing session I was recently a part of, the author Jamie Figueroa, offered an unusual writing prompt, `What is it your feet must confess?’ Yes, that was her prompt, `what is it your feet must confess?’.
Round and round the pond we went, round and round the small shrubs growing around the pond. Peering into the pond,
Listen to this StoryNarrated by Anjan Prakash CREATE. CREATED I. Laying the Context This post uses the word creation and creativity. So at the onset, I would like to establish, that no matter who we are, what discipline we are practicing or not practicing, whether we are conscious about being creative or not, we are […]
Listen to this StoryNarrated by Anjan Prakash BEING IN OUR RIGHT ELEMENTS Xavier, Mankurad, Mussarat, Malgesh, are locals. Dasheri, Badami, Kesar, Malgoa, Imam Pasand, Mallika, Neelam, Totapuri, Chausa, non-locals. For those of you friends who are not from India, no, they aren’t a list of my boyfriends or girlfriends. In fact, they are more than […]
Listen to this StoryNarrated by Anjan Prakash YOU. YOUR PUPILS. YOUR FRIENDS. GOD. NOT A BAD PUBLIC, THAT – Sir Thomas More (protagonist, A Man For All Seasons, Robert Bolt) Here is a story, like there always is, behind simple shifts that take place within. Many a time, the beauty of what has changed within […]
‘I am missing my babies the most, especially Solo, he is way too attached to us, and will be sulking by…
Twenty one years ago, my mother-in-law did not approve of Keshav and my relationship at all.
March 26th, 2013 (Tuesday)
My father was home, but his body strength was slowly fading. In fact the year 2013 began with his heart showing signs of weakening further…