The idea of Sucharita writing a story fluctuates more like a defective pendulum clock. You might look at the oscillations and think, oh well, she has something important to say, but when you lean in to get a closer look at what she says, it might turn out to be…

The quintessence of traveling through India’s heartland by trains I was always fascinated by thick green forests that would speed past me while traveling by trains. Especially in sleeper compartments of express trains. The ones that took around 40 hours to reach Ahmedabad, or Mumbai from Howrah Station. Time was…

We were walking down the riverside when he suddenly held my left wrist, in an attempt to slow me down. I looked at him, quite perplexed, and asked him what was wrong. He said he felt a sharp pain in his chest and, clearly, he looked pale. I panicked but…

After ten years, I came to realize why my best girlfriend is indeed MY BEST girlfriend. Unapologetically the best I could have asked for. Although I didn’t really ask for one. I just got lucky. The more I say this aloud, the more it seems miraculous that after all the…

A night of chiseled arms And heavens shying away from us Rapt in the high of joyful love While stars smile like dews on a rosebud. You say my name in a gasp I moan out a slight gush The voices tremble in unison When your eyes lose sight of…

Rajesh spoke to me after ten days. He wanted suggestions on how to approach essay-type questions addressing socio-political and economic issues. We discussed at length the role and problems of media (electronic, paper, social). I was rather focused on his words, than his voice, the voice that would help me…

Myra opened the wrinkled white paper that she hid in her favorite pair of blue jeans- the one that she always wore when she went to meet Akbar in Hauz Khas for the last eight months. She had begun to feel closer to him ever since he had agreed to…

I watched a film called Udaan, again. It’s a 2010 film but hadn’t I googled it up, it would have been hard to guess. It could have very well been made in 2019 or 1990 or 2045, doesn’t really matter. Right now, our lives and souls are burdened with a…

Time is a concept that robs us of our ability to live life with spontaneity. While most of us are racing against time to make the best of this moment, others are lying on the streets under tattered blankets, whose entire existence spans around waiting for a miracle dressed as…