I had grown up reading an Urdu couplet which said (translated version) Develop your individuality to the extent That God asks you ‘Tell me what do you want?’ I stopped being a feminist, humanist etc., and just focussed on being an individualist. Relationships touched an all-time low, as my new avatar was not easily accepted. … Continue reading Floating on a Cloud
How I love controversies surrounding my books? It puts me straight into the league of a Salman Rushdie or Taslima Nasrin. I wouldn’t mind paying someone to raise objections, but my iconoclasm does the job. I have never had to blow money on questionable pursuits. Curiosity rides over shockwaves. The trolls enjoy their fifteen minutes … Continue reading Fame and Fortune
An arranged marriage with Sameer had brought her to this country. Her life appeared to be gray and dreary like the surroundings, and her dreams frozen like the snow. Sameer had just told her, that he was already married to a German girl, and she would have to find her way back home. A car … Continue reading Dreams
The castle on the top of the hill, had kept her riveted for ages. She had heard stories about beautiful maidens being woo-ed by handsome princes, and taken there. She had waited for her knight-in-shining-armor, but he never came. The valley in between was too difficult to be crossed. She was but a shepherdess, guarding … Continue reading If wishes were horses…..
Her arch rival was dead today. How she had hated the guts and glory of the woman! Angela owned every art, animal and human being that she chose to love. Angela was admired, envied and widely written about. For Angela Jackson was made of star material …. She broke records even with her funeral attendance. … Continue reading Revenge
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
I am and so I am Why I am? Cringing with discomfort, seeing through the disapproving glances thrown my way and wondering, if there was a better place to be. The past life therapist said souls are born and reborn in clusters, and we meet the same people over and over again. I’ve never had … Continue reading Incredible Blogger Marathon Challenge #1
Susan Rooke insisted on placing the chair on slippery ground, and seating herself there, to keep an eye on her grandchildren, while enjoying the view of the sunset. On a fateful evening, the chair got washed away in the high tide, and Susan was never seen again. The children had been warned well in time, … Continue reading Folklore
I have always loved your way of doing things, Tim the Timid! You placed a boulder on my path, but left ample space for me, to bypass it, and drive ahead. And I don’t hold it against you, either! Your wife does not like me, and somebody has paid you to do this. I have … Continue reading Timed
Wheels on wheels? Wheels behind wheels? Wheels dominated your life. I wanted to be the grease that lubricated your life, to help it run smoothly. But it was not destined. Life rolled on. You joined the army, married and had a family that loved you. I drove on aimlessly, alone on the highway of life, … Continue reading The Robbery
