“I need to tell you something”, David said. “No! Don’t! I don’t need to know it!” She replied, with a tinge of impatience but not irritation. Everything was just right. The night was cloudless and the breeze had no spite. The Trees ruffled their leaves egging them on. They were alone in the moonlight. The[…]
Date: 15th August 2006 Dear Dushyant It’s been three years now since you came. I apologize for a rough start at the Chicago airport. It’s not very often that I black out. In that last three years you have seen 17 of my states and lived in two of them. I am certain that you[…]
The menacing Corvette Z06 I must confess. The Corvette I thought was silly.The American cars I loved and respectedWere the Ford GT and 67 Shelby Mustang GT And the old generation of CorvettesDid plenty to annoy, the wasteful engineWith a chassis equivalent to a mango crate But the sixth generation changed everything400 horses if you[…]
Red Hot Lovers lies stubbornly in between a residential landscape Ann Arbor is often touted to be the New York of the Mid West. And that is entirely believable only if you have never been to New York. The city certainly cannot match the size and the behavioral complexity of NYC but can offer just[…]
A typical Indian-Maharashtrian Sunday morning starts. The setting is a small town named Nashik located east, west, North, South of much bigger towns. The father is home for the day. The 16 year old son now awakes due to a combined effort of his mother switching off the ceiling fan and his father drawing the[…]
Another July comes and another year notches up. This year you started with an eventful summer/fall but ended with a summer best forgotten. Do you remember the beginning of the end? We both thought that the New Year would bear good gifts. And surely, you have recorded my change in domain. I changed my towns[…]
After watching the movie, I imagine critics scurrying to their writing machines to stack up severe criticisms on M Night’s “Lady in the water”. They, no doubt, will speak of the movie’s predictability and how there is a complete lack of surprise endings or ghosts talking to kids. I only hope they have enough grey[…]
This bag of pain is NOT A TOY. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. Adults are advised to handle contents carefully. This product is least harmful when opened in the company of other responsible adults. Do not take with other prescriptions of pain, physical or emotional. Unless specially advised, the dosage depends on loneliness/mugginess of[…]
It was the eyes that did it. Sure, they were heavenly green but most importantly they were substantial in proportion to her face. The nose was perfect, the cheekbones impeccable and lips beyond earthly comparisons. If one had to find a glitch then the purist would assign that to her strong chin. However, I have[…]
They said, “Yes. We know it hurts. But you must be strong and give it time. The pain will recede. Focus on what lies ahead after you recover!” I shake me head in dismay and correct them. They finally get it and come back with, “Oh, We thought you were talking about your leg!” I[…]