The festival of lights leaves darkness behind – piles of waste, regret of things undone, unfulfilled wishes, comparison with celebrations in better times. It is an exercise in meaninglessness. She wonders about the fakeness of pretty masks, and hollowness concealed by colourful decorations. “It is all because you don’t absorb positive things. They just bounce … Continue reading Barrenness
He came down from the mountains as autumn aged, before the paths could pile with snow and the bridges bowed with ice. It was a transition from one world to another – he had to find new companions before hearts froze again. It took a long time to ignite the flame in closed confines, and … Continue reading Reminders in small packs
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“You are a specimen of your own kind. Who can survive without using devices in this age?” “How many people you know can do mathematical sums without a device, know calligraphy or write in long –hand for hours at a stretch?” “Why does anybody need to do that?” “Watch out for a legend in the … Continue reading Legend in the making
“Clutches are getting smaller, and party dresses unpredictable.” Fiona is struggling with her off-shoulder outfit. “Have you seen a woman’s handbag without a safety pin? Pins fit in anywhere.” “Grow up, Mom! We use Velcro tapes and adhesives.” “Yet, the gaps left are gaping.” “That is your perspective.” “Don’t forget, I’ve been a fashion photographer.” … Continue reading Healing
“Do you really care?” “I wouldn’t be here, if I did not.” What kind of chat is this? Who is at the other end? It sounds like commitment. She tapped his shoulder with a thud. He was watching a video. “Use the earphones. I don’t enjoy being carried away by your fictional characters.” (278 characters) … Continue reading Assumptions
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
There was a heavy thunderstorm, the wind snorted outside, rattling my windowpanes. It is unseasonal. Idly, I wonder if we in the human race are doing something drastically wrong to invoke nature’s fury. One has to be honest – there is no point in drawing curtains over our thoughtless behavior, and pretending it never happened. … Continue reading Who says?
The alphabet of her life has been reconstructed in the last ten years. She has a new pictorial book in hand, which says A=Acting, B=Bigtime C=Craft, D=Design, E=Excellence, F= ….. she dreads the F-word – failu… The PR people say only a scandal that rocks the film world can save her career. People are fast … Continue reading Stardom
Fifty years seem like an eternity. Her travails are sufficient material for three books – all from different perspectives, with different protagonists. Eternity may count like a nanosecond in some other parts. But truth feels like fiction, when it is so far away. Her grandchildren did not believe her when she told them she was … Continue reading Fiction
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