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People

Poetry

I was recently invited to be part of a poetry circle. Flattered and suitably awed, I stuck it out for

Star

Written in early April 2020. I’m tenth in line. The large market store won’t open for another hour and a

That’s all I ask of you

A gala of hit songs from musical theatre is top billing at our local concert hall this evening. The set

Kindness

I receive an unexpected gift today. A beautiful hand crafted silver dragonfly, wings picked out in shades of blue, hung

One

A sure fire indicator of growing old is the first world problem of getting to a rock concert and the

Trigger

December 2019 has bled into a hard Indian January – campuses under seige, visuals of bleeding teachers and student leaders,

Fatherhood

What will you teach your son? Will you teach him to guard his heart jealously, so that it is never

Remembrance

I must have been two years old when my dad’s older cousin and his family returned home after some years

Mother

(This is a snippet that Facebook kindly reminded me of earlier this year. It was written a few years ago

Metro

There is no getting away from the Mumbai Metro project. It seems as if the entire city is under seige