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People

Taxi

This was written a few months ago. The empty roads, the silences of the past month are so eerie that

Performer

A shameless attempt at garnering sympathy in an earlier piece elicited only a good hard kick in the butt. Apparently,

Leaving

Love leaves quietly, shutting the door gently behind it. It may have slammed in, full of passion and high drama,

Connection

A Wall of Sound. Hands, clapping in a rhythm instinctive and visceral. Hearts beat too, in the same cadence. Whistles

Obituary

The obituaries in Indian newspapers are for the most part practical in nature, unsentimental and carefully worded. The cost of

Crazy little thing

Do you remember those ‘Love Is…’ cartoons? You have to be of a certain vintage to know what I’m talking

Daughters

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

New

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

Solitude

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

Matrix

A weird thought has been buzzing in my head when I walk at Marine Drive. One of many weird thoughts,