Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend. ~Bill Watterson I have my best friend to thank for my name, her name was Sulekha too. My tale dates back to 1967 when I was a mere…
Tag: love
True Beauty of Love
The NaPoWriMo challenge is to write a poem a day for the month of April. Time’s cruel hands have scarred her, damaged her beyond recognition. She is a shadow of what she used to be. Beaten, bruised, battered she,…
I washed the dishes and I loved it…
I washed the dishes and I loved it… My song is not as exciting as Katy Perry’s, ‘I kissed a girl and I liked it’ 
Today my housemaid decided to take a day off without giving me a day’s…
Imagination
On the pristine cloak of my imaginative mind, tiny traces of skin and caked-up blood under my fingernails, are the only things left to remind me of you. The scratches on my arm are testimony to my struggle with you.…
I Love You Only On Valentine’s Day:)
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ~Emily Brontë Love happens, it’s not planned like a birthday party, an outing or a picnic. It quietly creeps up on to you, wriggles its way into your porous soul.…
A Wintry Day by Nithin Jacob
Years ago when I was doing my graduation at Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, a lot many of us gathered at a small restaurant where they used to serve us with delicious Biryani. I always loved them for the kind of spices…
Gastronomical Adventures and Misadventures
Gastronomical Adventures and Misadventures By Rimly Bezbaruah I love food! I can never diet. My brother who is a doctor now would often tease me saying “People eat to live; you live to eat, so forget ever having that model…
My mini marathon…Dil ki daud
Dil ki daud- A Mini Marathon I participated in a mini marathon, campaign against heart disease organized by Indraprastha Apollo hospitals, New Delhi, India. When I reached the hospital grounds on 4th December, sunday morning at 6.30 a m, it…
Stomach Tales
Here I present my story of stomach tales by Manisha Bhatia I have to share some Insightful details Addicted and ravenous for healthy nutrients Difficult to resist lip smacking delicacies at times Temptations urge to gorge on unhealthy victuals…
From Canada to India, with Love… by Sukhvinder Kundu
From Canada to India, with Love… I just can’t stop thinking about My Father today, my heart is so heavy. I want to be by his side again, want to be his little baby again and hug him tight, so…
Lingering scent
Clothes have a tendency to retain the perfume even after a wash. The gown you had worn to the dance reeks of your Hugo Boss woman perfume, post wash. My son’s school uniforms scream Axe doespray. My Dad’s shirt…
Crystallization
CRYSTALLIZATION Silent pleas, ignored and side-lined. Imploring eyes, Responded to with snaps of, “you’re fine”. A cowering frame, dying to be ignored. As tears fall freely, from eyes that implore. Crystallization, Is what I aim to…
If I forget?
How will I remember you? If I lose my mind, I would hate it, Not knowing you. I don’t want to not remember. What do I do? How can I never forget? If you call my name, and I…