Many things have apparently changed in India in the two years I was stubbornly stationed in Dubai skirting my Covid fears. One of them is...

The ladies compartment was unusually crowded for that time of the day. Especially for a Sunday. The mid-day sweat soaked the skin and an...

Those were moments that made me want to both die and live. Moments that gave me a reason to give up and carry on. It was hard for me to know

Have you thought of a name for me, mama?’ The voice is as dainty as the sound of a dandelion landing in the heart. I place my hand gently...

‘Mini, your mom is a star now. She is all over the media. Did you see it? It took so long for me to realize how indeed glamorous my wife...

I watch her intently as she bent over her math worksheet and solved the questions with unmatched surety. She has always been strong in...

It’s the day after Diwali, and I am remembering Michelle. She must be back in California now, after an extended tour of Europe with her...

‘Oktoberfest is nothing but a lot of beer,’ a friend had said to me before we left on our recent Bavarian sojourn. It was a dampening...

There are only two stages in love – To be smitten by the beloved. And when the obsession matures, to become the beloved. Between the...

They were caught in a disagreement again, but she didn’t throw a fit like she once used to. Neither did he raise his voice. It was a...

As I sign a wad of cheques of different amounts and hand them to my assistant for dispatch, a face from the past flashes through my mind...

Except for the bottle of Bisleri that had replaced the steel jug and the upgraded manner of people, nothing much had changed from the...

‘Oreo, come, dinner time,’ I hear uncle beckoning as he walks out of the store. He brings with him a pleasant gust of air from the cool...

She was unlike any other tourist I had seen around here. I had met her at our street shop that sells souvenirs and beach dresses, and...

(Published in The Punch Magazine) Pappan gets out of the car and hands the keys to the valet, feeling privileged and satisfied in a way...

I would blame my eyes and not my heart for whatever happened, or didn’t happen, yesterday. The eyes saw something that they should not...

Three months is equal to 92 days. It is a long period to spend waiting at the exit of a metro station, with a bouquet of red roses in...