Meenakshi

Time and again, we hear stories of how children are forced into prostitution by people close to them for the sake of money. The thought of a child being abandoned in a strange, cruel and unsafe environment and forced to live under despicable circumstances sends a chill down my spine every time. Meenakshi is the tale of a girl who grows up to be a woman that men come to for various reasons.

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Categories: Fiction

It’s Home Again!

This piece on my personal life was written when life took an important turn. When I wrote this, I was expecting my first child (and now he is seven years old!). How time flies! But well, this post isn’t just about that. It captures my amazement over how, no matter how far you have gone from them or how long you have been away, certain things in life never change when it comes to your parents .

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Categories: Essays

The Moment

Sometimes the memory of beautiful moment can bring joy for a lifetime. This poem is about yearning for one such moment, a moment of togetherness when the writing on the wall is clear – the journey together isn’t going to become a reality.

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Categories: Poetry

Waiting for Grandpa

Ageing is a mysterious reality and even stranger, the inevitability of death. Death is perhaps humanity’s biggest fear. Those who have conquered the fear of death have conquered life, conquered truth. When her grandfather falls sick, a grandchild ponders over the concepts of ageing and death.

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Categories: Fiction

Confessions

It’s important to preserve one’s individuality and space in a marriage. But is it worth it to take it to an extreme? Can there be no room for some compromise? There’s nothing more comforting than the enormous scope that fiction offers. This story was just the perfect outlet for presenting a point of view – that it doesn’t hurt to compromise a bit. It’s about a woman’s realisation.

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Categories: Fiction