“Don’t trouble your pretty head about money …. I’m there to manage life for you”, is an oft-repeated remark Aurelia hears from her wonderful husband and is grateful for it. She is a chartered accountant who audits financial transactions of large corporations, but finds this domestic arrangement cosy. “I’ve been thrown out of the house, … Continue reading Educated, but dependent
Welcome back to another week of inspiration! The next prompt on 14th December, 2023 will be the last in this year. We will take a break and resume again on 4th January, 2024. PROMPT #310 The theme for this week is POWER. Here's some beautiful poetry on power. William Wordsworth, ‘The Power of Armies Is … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #310
She dares to venture beyond the limitations of villagers’ thoughts and is immediately labelled a vile witch, for treading unfamiliar ground with incomprehensible intent. A woman who crosses boundaries needs to be punished for a demo effect, to preserve a precious culture holding vintage value, lest other females ditch their housekeeping and child-bearing roles and … Continue reading Anonymity
The moose is quiet as the kids count extensions on his two horns. The living room is not familiar terrain, and he is biding time in alien territory. The television screen shows scenes of human brutality, and that has probably quietened him down … as if he is in a simulation, watching the animal nature … Continue reading In-humanity
I decide to let it all go today. The stress I’ve felt in every pore of my being originates from a position of uncertainty – knowing where I come from but not knowing where will I go. I’ve struggled to make sense of where I am, by linking up a resentful past to a promising … Continue reading Uncaged
The journey is scary. … from closed to open, from narrow to wide, from ceiling to sky, from tangible to sublime, from thought to just being. I find myself disintegrating, but then each tiny piece blossoms into a different being. Epiphany strikes. It is scary, for it brings out parts of me I did not … Continue reading Sublimation
He looked at the mirror and saw a stranger. He had forgotten who he was. Somehow, his descent to Planet Earth does not feel like homecoming. He checks his device to know how many days will it take for the brain fog to clear. The answer is shocking – Less than a day. And he … Continue reading To and fro
When the moon grows full, a story howls from deep precincts of the psyche. It wants to remain in the dark, yet bask in moonlight. It was asked to stay incognito, out of bounds for the civilized world. I feel it growing inside me like an expectant mother, knowing that eventually, it will see lights … Continue reading When the Moon Grows Full
Talk about a damp squib, and it was Year 2000 – or Y2K as we called it then. The techies worked overnight to ensure that systems didn’t fail, and we partied away the night with cake, champagne, music and dance. After all, it was the turn of the century, and we wouldn’t live to see … Continue reading Turning a Page
Spooky is whatever our senses are not trained to interpret or understand. It lies outside the domain of ordinary life. My maternal grandfather had to reach his village where his wife was counting her last breaths. The bridge on the river he had to cross had broken down, and he was wondering if he will … Continue reading Spooky
