Judas, What’s This Called?

It’s mid-morning and there’s a warm September sun bathing all things bright.
I swing by a basket to shop for fruits. My little shopping over, I set the heavy fruit basket by a bench in a leafy park. I tilt my head to watch the dappled sun dance its lights on my nose.
I jump at the [...]

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There by the Grace of God Go I

No, I didn’t die.
But I could have been dead last evening.
Perhaps it does not mean anything at all in the larger scheme of life?
R landed with his new German girlfriend from Kolkata. She wanted to go out and see the sights as also eat out.
“Und shoppingk?” Fraulein asked hopefully.
Greater Kailash Market. Firrangs like it, so [...]

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Calendar Gods-III

Part I and Part II
Chuppili had sat down to breakfast on two idlis and a cup of sambar when the calling bell rang. She walked a little unsteadily to the door, vaguely anxious.
It was Rafeeq. He was accompanied by a couple of women and a White man with a kerchief tied around [...]

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Calendar Gods -II

(Continued from Part-I )
The past hadn’t been all bleak for Chuppili. As a young bride her cheerful resourcefulness and sharp mind were much appreciated by all. She had studied to class 8 at Ravanasamudram’s Hindu Primary School and was a bright student. When she began conducting tuition classes for school going children in maths and [...]

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