Writer. Editor
As humans, we are constantly in a relationship with something or the other. Our lives on earth is characterized by them. We share relationships with people, animals, things, nature and with our own emotions. I hold up a magnifying glass and peer into this fascinating universe and the possibilities zoom out like sharp shooting stars. The explorations have taken different forms but all shaped by words. Discover.
There are a million ways to fall in love. But the most talked about and most described is love at first sight. My story is about romance set in Bombay. And when we talk of Bombay, you can’t be without talking about the local trains. The trains and the popular Churchgate station provide the perfect setting for a blooming romance.
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This story will probably be my first step to writing a novel/novella. It remains the longest short story that I have ever written. There is a whole lot packed into this story – the relationship between mothers and daughters, a wife and her husband, Carnatic Music, human nature and realisation. It’s the story of Jhanavi, Leela and Vaidehi – women belonging to three different generations.
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The tradition of arranged marriage is quite an old one in India. It’s a practice that raises many eyebrows these days but I do believe that magic can be found in an arranged marriage. The story of Vasundara and Sankaran was written to put forth this point of view. Vasundara is one of my favourite creations and she epitomises the balance between respect for traditional values and a rare and beautiful kind of courage in a woman. This is Vasu’s story.
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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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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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I love the idea of writing letters. I consider it an art that needs to be kept alive, no matter what. Nothing, I firmly believe, can replace the human touch and closeness that a handwritten letter can bring. The letter has been a central theme for a good number of my stories. This is one of the first stories that builds on the letter format. A daughter writes to her father discussing children and parenting.
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