The music abruptly stops. The old samsung phone I use to play my music through a sound dock has been

The daughters I know will fight tooth and nail with their mothers, long-distance screaming matches that leave both exhausted. Only

Written in the waning days of 2019. A roar of protest goes up in the crowded room as the children

Written in January 2008, updated in January 2020. We had a lot to look forward to on the eve of

Love is…the hardest topic to write on. This is the third time I’m trying to write this essay. Most everything

Two weeks into the Gregorian new year, and hold on, here it is again! Tamil New Year, followed by the

It’s been a while since I had the house completely to myself. Summer holidays had the teenager slouching around all

In the back of the taxi, the parts of me nearest the window are baked by a hot sun. The

Do you know what déjà vu means? A shy young man asked me this question many years ago. I was

Tooth ache. Back ache. Foot ache. Heart ache. At some point, I’ve been the reluctant companion to one or more