The filmmaker’s obsession with women wearing white was well known. The blockbusters he produced would often show a woman in white, soaked to the skin under a waterfall or shower. The scene was always picture perfect, with intense colors of mountains and sky floating on the screen, as a backdrop to female sensuousness. Tabloids would … Continue reading Thick plot
Déjà vu is a word I’ve read about, but this place makes me feel it in the bones. Have I been here before? Going with my life history, this is the first visit. But why did I feel drawn to this god-forsaken place? I’ve read too many stories on rebirth. So, I go around looking … Continue reading Deja Vu
There are certain words that sprung up in my late years, and some existing words in the dictionary that became commonplace. Words got abbreviated, and the spirit lost in the carelessness with which these are thrown around. Awesome and Rockstar are two I can recall right away. ‘Amazing’ was the boss’s remark on congratulatory mails … Continue reading Lingua Franca
Asphyxiation …. Suffocation ….. choking feeling in the throat. She could never find the exact word for the feeling. But this is how she felt all her life with the negativity and pessimism around her. They are all well-meaning, highly respected people in their social and professional spheres, but who lack the capacity to imagine … Continue reading Asphyxiated
Plop! She woke up from her reverie with the sound of a ball creating a splash in the bucket. Her toddler was at the game again, and the two older ones about to return from school. She rued about the disappearance of eight years of her life, as she lay the table with snacks for … Continue reading Being Mom
He had smashed all mirrors in his house, long ago. He hoped to restore them all – some day after quitting the job. But foregoing the handsome pay, perks and prestige wasn’t easy. Somehow, the ugly mask earned him respect. Only the sales manager knew that he was nothing more than a robot – abusing, … Continue reading Oh, to breathe again …
“I wonder how the CEO failed…” “He failed to build bonds down the line, and appoint keepers to nurture growth.” “The organization chart shows a large number of regional and zonal heads, to manage the ground.” “They were busy protecting their position, and counting the number of steps to the top. They lived in fear … Continue reading Germination
Oh no, not another wedding! I wail silently, as I pull out an ostentatious box from the mailbox. It almost broke the mailbox. I do not enjoy loud music and dancing and we have already spent a lot on gifts this season. The name of the sender does not inspire positivity. It is not a … Continue reading Invitation cards
I see shades of red, orange, tangerine, purple and gray lose their identity to merge into darkness. How do I define the color of darkness – is it charcoal, navy or just black? Clouds and twinkling stars play their role of enhancing the dark, or being enhanced by it. I think of the color of … Continue reading Evening Sky
I slept with your picture under the pillow, and found some cash there in the morning. I believed that you exist. As I grew up, I learnt that you need an agent in this world – who places gifts under the pillow. I dream, and then, I have to go about hunting for that agent … Continue reading Dear Santa
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