This notification from WordPress infused a sense of warmth in me, two day ago. I’ve been disciplined enough to post something every single day in the last one year. In the past, the continuity broke in a few months, due to travel or connectivity issues. The last one year has any way kept us glued … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #180
Click on the image to write more stories “Homeless in the outer world, lives inside her mind” - the tagline to her social media profile intrigues, and she is no novice in the world after having spent a couple of decades here. I look forward to interviewing her for my fledgling show, and struggle with … Continue reading Homeless
Scene 1 “I hear the Branch Manager of JNPT branch is in a relationship with one of his colleagues. He is married ….” The boss is digressing from the topic of discussion. “Should we really bother about personal lives of employees? He is an excellent performer.” I suppress a smirk as plenty of unsavoury stories … Continue reading 360 degrees feedback
I found a poem by Nikita Gill in a Google Search Here's my 'flipped' take on it. Soul immortal, imperceptible evergreening, enriching, rolling gathering impressions, shedding bodies damaged by injuries grieving, dodging rocks https://dversepoets.com/2021/04/06/dverse-poetics-flipping-meanings/
I revel in pridetill it transforms to egoand revels in me https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/04/06/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-220-poetschoice/
I remember those wooden frames in my grandfather’s courtyard. We covered it with sheets, and made temporary shelters for ourselves on sultry afternoons, when the adults were all enjoying their air-cooled siesta inside. Those were moments of freedom, of creativity for us, when unbound by rules, we created our own worlds and played out imaginary … Continue reading Layers
my wings feel heavy on innocence choose a sky to fly choose hopes to ply and deliver fulfilment to someone who deserves not just desires https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2021/04/05/what-do-you-see-76-april-5-2021/
Nobody wanted to work in Parliament Street branch of the bank, but I was offered no choice. We had to comply with absurd telephonic requests, where identity of the caller could not be verified. Refusal to comply was considered suicidal. The Machiavellian pattern of acts became clear, only when news of the fraud broke out, … Continue reading Machiavellian
She absorbs colours of the world to succeed and makes them her own. The world remains busy admiring her colourful robes, hair, eyes and everything she cares to don. She’s the Queen of Hearts. One evening, she is found dead in the bath tub of a hotel room. Nobody really knew what was happening in … Continue reading Swift Passage
He won the Best Scholar of the Year Award, in the course of his PhD program. “Sir, can you recapitulate your journey from an East Asian country to Harvard University for us?” asks the intern from another Asian country. He can see the glow of dreams in her dark, pool-like eyes. “I don’t really know … Continue reading The Journey
