I looked in the mirror

To find myself staring back

At an old man

In the 60s

I took a nap

And dreamt of a lake

Where my reflection looked like a man

In the 30s

I was eating dinner

And saw myself in the spoon

When I found myself as a man

In my 20s

“What’s happening to me!”

Was my last thought

Before I fully closed my eyes

When I felt myself turn into a baby

I woke up with a hammering heart

Loo...

What could it be? What might they be thinking now?

These were a few questions that occupied our minds since they sat on that bridge.

Well, let me tell you, we are fun filled teens from a desert village and we see tourists like this sometimes a year. And every time, only one question comes to our mind — why would somebody intentionally subject themself to the hardships here!

Anyways, humans are...

I can make the stars

Or I can make you see some

Sprinkle some fairy dust

And make you shine

Or load you in dust

To make you blind

I can pull the strings

And make you dance to my tune

You could be a dancing mermaid

Or nothing for all I care

You sing, I chorus

You dance, I group

You shout, I amplify

You cry, I shut down

You get standing ovation

And continuous claps

Followed by fame and wealth

Whi...

“You look like a pearl drop on the leaf,” he said looking into her eyes.

“More like a ghost on a meadow,” he thought.

Smiling with her eyes, she gazed lovingly into his eyes. “Really?” She asked.

“Do I look like the baboon you are to believe that?” She exclaimed in her mind.

“Yeah baby! Your innocence is the most beautiful thing about you, adorable just like a baby,” he said pinching her cheek...

“Promise me you won’t laugh at me.”

“Hmm, hmm-hmm.”

“Say, ‘I promise’.”

“Okay, I promise!”

“You know that yesterday I’ve been to a restaurant with my family.”

“Hmm, okay, what happened there?”

“I ordered chicken fingers and a lemon soup as my starter.”

“Great, you love it, that’s what you order always when you eat out.”

“Yeah, I know, you don’t have to tell me!”

“What happens when I punch...

You always meant

When you said

“I love you” or “I hate you”

Deep from your heart

But everyday now

Your I love you’s are covered

With your vengeful words

Like a chocolate covered bitter gourd

You speak to me now

Only to show how bad of a person I am

And how disappointing I am

To you and this world

I don’t utter a word

For the hope that some day

The person I love will be back

To gift my life wit...

“Oh Shashi, How are you?” Roared my aunt from the other side of banquet hall. I was in my own world, sitting in a corner with my own plight. Oh no! She was coming nearer and there’s no way to run.

Torture in the name of a function!

“Have you had something to eat? You look pale,” she commented. Before I answered, a gang of aunties called her and she sauntered off to flaunt her jewelry. Mercy for ...

The sea is splashing you with its salty water, cold and heavy. You are bogged down with your thoughts, why you have to do it, what could be the other way to not hurt her, but you see no light and also, no solution.

You think back to the day it happened, you had gone back to return her favorite scarf she forgot in your car. You rang the bell to her apartment, waiting for him to open, you knew she ...

I looked to my left,

And then to my right,

Later crossed the street,

On my daily walk.

Walking the paths,

That everyone takes,

Calms my heart,

In my stressful state.

State what you want,

The baker asked,

When I went to buy a cake,

To my usual spot.

Spot I did her,

Who’d held my hand,

And allied with me,

For my whole life.

Life but happened then,

Made us drift away,

How friendship as ours,

Coul...

I was the only one with a battered toy in a park full of children with shiny toys and happy smiles. And also, I was the only one with a downward curve of my mouth. Again, I had no friends.

Children were chirping, laughing and fighting with one another and playing noisily. Parents were enjoying their antiques and swapping tales of their children’s naughtiness. Again, except my parents. I was here ...