Of Blogs and Books

I enjoy gatherings over books. Book readings with authors can be exciting. At times a well-read extract can kindle excitement about the book, help to dally a few arguments with the writer, and a conglomeration that gathers around a good book can make for engaging conversation and lively debates.
It’s been many years since I [...]

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Super Heroes Don’t Get Any

The cinema hall emptied itself out after the evening show.
I amble out from the dark caverns of the hall. The food court is crowded, but too lazy to heat dinner back home, I feed my face with a burger and cola.
“Tsk, tsk, so late in the evening, she sits alone at a table having [...]

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Abortion and the Indian Woman

According to the Indian Constitution the Indian Woman is God. She has the right to choose whether the unborn foetus in her womb deserves to live or not. It is a choice that many emancipated women in the Western world continue to battle to be allowed to exercise. Christian practitioners debate the sin of abortion, [...]

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The Wound

“It’s the heat that accounts for our anger,” says Gita, sitting down on the floor and patting the area on the thinnai  beside her invitingly.
“Is it?” Murari asks and sits by her side, stretching his legs and resting his back against the wall. He slides an oval tray laden with betel leaves and nuts and [...]

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