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Overheard a conversation on the bus. Two guys sitting behind me were animatedly discussing their last evening. They were friends who worked ...

She stood on the platform and looked at the incoming train with curious dispassion. It was a train. It had mass. It had speed.  Didn't N...

So I was walking down to unlock the gate this morning, with my cat's offspring in tow. Two boys from the neighbourhood were taking turns...

Our garden of beetles and snakes also hosts the paranormal. Here's proof of the haunting, and the background story.  So I had spotted tw...

As a rule, street dogs love me. They consider me part of an extended canine society. When I return home at night, they charge at me fr...

Sorry. Such a sorry word For all emotions that clog my throat. A measly statement. Common. Cramped. That rolls off trite lips by the...

I know you don’t need me that much And that I crave for you so much more I don’t mind if you don’t, honey, We’re not here to settle ...

Lately, I cannot remember a thing. I forget all birthdays, I forget movie plans, I forget the book I promised to lend, And think u...

I know I'm only average And I don't want to reach for the stars; I'm happy to take part in battles And leave the others ...

The woman in the window seat With faraway eyes and a private smile. The woman who scowls to pull out her phone But answers with a so...

I didn't notice you at first. A quiet flicker In the darkness of my night. But as you turned up every sunset, I began to look fo...

When I dress myself in trousers That play down my womanliness, When my mother rants about the pimples That seem to have sprouted on ...

I lost my phone. Big deal, right? You can't throw a stone without hitting somebody who hasn't. You know the drill: block number...

Two months in Mumbai and I'm a convert!   An embarrassed convert, perhaps, but one nevertheless. Ok, granted the city has traffic snarl...

Why did you put up with this much? You should have left long time back. But no, being the sweetheart that you are You insisted on cu...

When the wise men preach noble words Calmness, balance, and restraint, They seem like such fine ideas! Impressive, if slightly quain...

You want me, don’t you, honey? You say you like my brown skin. The rest would be too rude to say I am neither pretty nor thin. Y...

That one much-maligned emotion Overused, clichéd, much worn out Boxed in, wrung dry, of Every nuance that it can sprout– Like th...

I have sipped from the bottle I have shrunk through the door I have glimpsed the garden beyond That I had never dreamt before. I...

I can not say you are mine We are continents apart Our link is thin, a tenuous line Cruelly unreal at heart. I dare not say you ...

There was a piper on the train today. So what, you’ll ask me. There are so many who sing and play on the local trains everyday for ch...

I wish I could be your watch And hold hands with you All day long. Wake up with you, and yawn An early-morning face On both of...

Returning home at night, alone Sometimes the lights go out A second of blackness, sudden pause, to Make sense of the world about. ...