Frangipani

I don't know yet...

2011-12-07T17:57:00.000+05:30

Geeta starts from home having gone through a rushed morning routine of packing lunch for her 10 year old and for her husband. She also stops by to check on her in-laws who stay a couple of blocks away. All done, she ticks off in her head. And then heads out to her workplace. She debates between being extravagant and taking an auto or getting pushed around in the Metro. She’s hoping that an auto

Cinnamon Powder III - Ajuji

2011-05-19T23:28:00.000+05:30

It was a cold winter evening in New Delhi and we were busy thinking what to cook for dinner. We had to give it more thought than usual because Aju and Aie (my maternal grandparents) were visiting us and they wouldn’t relish a quickly cooked up dinner. While we hummed and hawed about it in the tiny kitchen, we had left Aju and Aie in the living room. Both of them were covered from head to foot and

On Fasting

2010-08-23T16:06:00.000+05:30

Have you ever noticed how the mind and body react almost in the same manner to fasting or feasting? Both lead to extreme senses and make one wish that one had not fasted or feasted as much. The day begins and the feeling of quiet descends on me just to escape as soon as I realize that in a fit of “purity”, I had promised myself that I would fast today. What ever made me think of such a thing? Was

Non-dit, Non-compris

2010-08-16T11:03:00.005+05:30

Je ne sais ce qui se passe dans ma vieMa vie me étonne, m’échappe, me contrôleLe contrôle me laisse sentir ma libertéLa liberté vient du corps à l’espritL’esprit de mon être m’entoure, m’arracheL’arrachement est fort, il me jetteJeter dans le monde, je commence encoreLe commencement me renouvelle, me renaîtLa naissance est le début vire vers la finLa fin qui vient après avoir traverse le cheminLe

Cinnamon Powder - II: Bade Miyan

2010-05-28T11:38:00.004+05:30

It is about 10 in the morning and it is a Sunday. My sister and I have just finished reading the horoscope section in the special Sunday supplement. Pa is outside tinkering with the car. Ma is in the kitchen trying to come up with the lunch menu. Soon enough, we hear the sound of a bicycle’s bell and we know it is Bade Miyan. My sister and I both leave the paper and step out into the back garden.

"Dealing with it!"

2010-05-07T16:22:00.001+05:30

It is kind of sad when people drift away or apart. And such a phase happens with all at various times of their life. Circumstances change and people change with them. For what is the worth of a person if he or she is not adapting to the changing circumstance or situation?As we go in life, we meet people who seem to color your world in those bright brilliant fairy-tale colors...but unfortunately,

Cinnamon Powder - I

2010-03-22T10:01:00.006+05:30