I witnessed a very candid, wonderful and rare banter in my afternoon local train travels. It was not crowded, and I got a place to sit. Woman 1: “…. And you just decided that you are not going to have a baby?” Woman 2: Yes. Woman 1: “WOW! I have never heard something so idiotic. …
Jothi woke up to the cry of her youngest at 3:00 AM. She picked her daughter up and tried to soothe her as she rocked her on her lap. She closed her eyes and willed for her headache to go away. She’d been having headaches for the past 3 weeks. She’d consulted a doctor, but …
Her husband liked filter coffee. He liked it with thick decoction and some milk. The lesser the sugar the better. “Coffee should be a little bitter, Hema,” he would say. Hema had hated the taste when she was young. She would add copious amounts of sugar in her brew to make it drinkable. With time, …
Sharon swiped her ID card to enter into the office. The doors remained closed. She tried again. They still remained closed. Sharon sighed and tried again; they still remained closed. She heard the similar “access denied” voice message from her vicinity. She turned towards the direction of the voice message. There was another guy who …
Sometimes I cry, Sometimes I laugh, Sometimes I’m shy, Sometimes I’m not. Sometimes I’m happy, Other times, sappy. I am complex… I am just a human… Confusion continues, I am constricted and condemned, They say I’m free… Why don’t I feel that? I want to break free… What are these shackles? That I don’t …
Spicy Rasam 