The weary wheels clattered on the cobbled street. The uneven paver blocks making them yo-yo in and out of gaps. The streets of Mumbai city are a veritable nightmare of potholes and uneven surfacing. But, the un-tarred by lanes are another story altogether. They are just narrow streets paved …

It was a dark, stormy night. The furious storm swayed the willowy boughs and made them lash forth. The wind raged in between the trees, whistling an ominous note.  It picked up piles of dry leaves and raised them in a veritable maelstrom. The cold October gale howled menacingly. The …

“Rohini, tell me what to do”, said Rahul, his voice cracking with emotion. Rohini could see that Rahul’s eyes were brimming over. The incident had impacted him greatly. Her pillar of strength, the man who could face a thousand storms and still emerge unscathed and victorious, was crumbling before her …

Are we owed an apology? I guess, we are. For all the petty fights we did not get into. For all the laughs that we did not have. For all the jokes we could not tell. Yes, we are owed an apology. But will God apologize? I guess, he should. …

  Lord you have taken my sun, my moon, my star. You have taken my only child, so very far. Let him now rest his weary head on a cottony cloud. Please hold him dear, should he call for me out aloud.   Lord you have taken my joy, my …

I lie in bed; I toss and turn; in my head a thousand thoughts churn. I pull up the covers, I throw them off. I can hear my brain scoff. I feel the cool night caress me, its coaxes, it entices but, Stress prevails, tension impinges; sleep still eludes me. …

A single ray fell, illuminated a tiny speck of Earth and from that marriage of light & soil, it took birth. Such was the love between land and heaven that when together, the sapling’s birth was a given.   A tiny life, so precious that took on a form of …

A stranger’s hand clutched in mine, I walked the Saptapadi. Apprehensive of what the future held, head bowed like Draupadi. I walked around the yajna, as Hindu custom mandated. It was my wedding, so today; I was bound to another as was fated.   My father had done the Kanyadaan, …

I sit here to write down my thoughts to you my child, In my feeble attempt to include you in my mundane life. I know you will never read the words I pen, Yet, my love makes me sit down and do this often.   Even though we met briefly …

When I wanted to rest, life prodded me on It said, “Get up, run along, and come on! This is not the time to dally or rest, A brand new day waits to learn, put you to test.”   So, up I got from my restful slumber, I tried to …