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Those sounds. The sounds of horns blaring as if in a competition. The sound of public bus braking inch by inch stuck in the traffic. The sound of fan in the room. The sound of people talking in the garden below. The sound of kids crying or shouting among them. The sound of keyboard being typed in the next room. The sound of mosquito roaming around near me. The subtle sound of the bamboo windchim...
He seems to be comfortable spending the whole day sleeping. Not much of talks, no wishes to travel much or meet people. But is there a norm to follow for people who has retired? What do society expects of people who don’t have the need to work? Is it really required that they need to contribute or do meaningful activities to the society? Isn’t that subjective? He may be depressed and wanting someo...
A hesitation for new startPalpitations in the heartDetermination being wavyDisappointment seems heavyIdeas and questionsTurmoils and confusionsHeadache and chest tighteningBreathlessness in the makingUnraveling the knotsFiguring out the plotsThe hardest part of it allAccepting broken pieces of the whole.
She said she forgave me. Then she locked the door.She was excited the whole day and the whole week. Next day was the Saturday I promised I would take her out on. I wondered how to talk to her regarding the unexpected change of deadlines at the office today. As night fell, I mustered up the courage and explained it all with a heartfelt sorry. She was kind enough to accept the changes and smiled at ...
The map was accurate until we followed it.Day 19. I started with morning walk as usual and yoga, while gym training was scheduled in the evening after work. That day I stayed back at the office. Just to drive her back. To see that smile for one last time!
Every family has a room no one enters.The dinner is set on the table. He, his wife, his son, his mother, all serving themselves chapati and curry on their plates. They talked about bills, neighbours, relatives, college fees, gas cylinder prices etc, but not about her. His daughter who ran away. They never did.
The second half of the year has begun. The specialty is there would be many long weekends because of the festivities. It’s the time of the year when I wallow of not having the “family friends” which our parents were blessed with in their generation. Maybe they were just the neighbours or colleagues who became family, but there were picnics held, day trips done to temples etc. Now, in the big metro...
That’s the short for “The summer I turned pretty” web series on Amazon Prime. The teenager in the house is mad about it driving me mad too. I remember being that mad about tv shows back then. And about bookish romance too. Heck, I was more interested in Nancy and Ned than Nancy’s adventures or Anne and Peter than the politics around them. The Hardy Boys had way too much action (not that of course!...
I have come out for the morning show today. For someone who never wanted to watch movies alone it’s amazing how life takes a twist to where I end up enjoying movie watching alone in a theatre. Yes there are other couples and gang of friends nearby you tempting your emotions to wallow in the loneliness but you can also remind yourselves to have a role play where in you are Anupama Chopra in the the...
Do you remember how in 90s there was a chat bot in Linux or was it Windows terminal? It was the yahoo chat and irc channels era where people didn’t hesitate to chat with each other asking asl by being anonymous. There was the possibility that we could connect with people outside of our immediate family. The new era of AI chat bots is reminding me of that era.We have seen the film “Her”. Though the...