Memories

Café Coffee Day…. The place where her first crush had shyly passed on a note scribbled on a tissue …. The place where she met her first employer, and launched a career…. The place where she signed the deal with a publisher to launch her first book … The place where she engaged her coachees, … Continue reading Memories

Freedom and Feardom

I think, therefore, I am free.   Thoughts are not expression. You cannot curtail it. Thoughts are not a body. You cannot imprison it. Thoughts are not conduct. You cannot discipline it. Thoughts are not wealth. You cannot snatch it. Thoughts are not a house. You cannot evict it. I work, therefore, I am free. … Continue reading Freedom and Feardom

Absurdity

IBMC #05: The Not So Quite Quote Challenge Kevin Joseph had landed himself in trouble once again. It was ‘love at first sight’, the umpteenth time. He had lost count of the times he had fallen in love, in his teenage years. The first love ended in disaster, when a lady professor, Marianne D’Souza, delivered a … Continue reading Absurdity

Life, Love and Wisdom

This is in response to the IBMC#04 Challenge by Prakash Hegde. The starting Haiku by Prakash Haiku 01 expressions of face happy sad angry frown shy face is the index Taking it forward .... by Reena The mind conquers the heart interferes and Soul is the index.   Ignored forever the body says I exist … Continue reading Life, Love and Wisdom

Flying High

I could see many hands waving at me, from the window in the chartered plane, of people from my village, who were proud of my achievements, and wished me well. They had no clue about their imminent displacement, in the land acquisition drive for a development project, which I had conceived and was planning to … Continue reading Flying High

A new chapter

I had been driving around in the wilderness for too long, with no directions. The sight of an inverted umbrella boosted my sagging spirits. Maybe, there was a brilliant, young mind at work somewhere close, who was on a network. If this was a dish antenna, there was some hope of being reconnected to the … Continue reading A new chapter

The guinea-pig

exotic smouldering passions crowd on a romantic tropical night, become a delightful duet.   the story begins the depths of an agitated state discovered a state of euphoria, excitement.   the secret of becoming one of a mind experimented eventually hit…….   This is a piece derived by erasing words from a story given on … Continue reading The guinea-pig

The Fog

I failed to see you looking away, beyond us in the far horizons. I accepted change, sadly as the fog cleared too late.   Inspired by Colleen's Weekly Tanka Poetry Challenge #21 Words - Fog & Change https://colleenchesebro.com/2017/02/14/colleens-weekly-tanka-poetry-challenge-21-fog-change/ Cover pic: notey.com