Every night, we slip into sweet sleep, fully believing that tomorrow, exists. That tomorrow, we will surely clean the cupboard, that starting tomorrow, we will ...
We know tomatoes as ketchup, gravy, salad and maybe the occasional roast vegetable platter. But these plump red blobs (Because honestly, the fruit and vegetable...
Hasn’t it been a while since love felt sweet? Yes, it makes your heart go insane, your breath go quick and your judgement go vanishing. But, it seldom feels si...
"She lives indoors but is not a woman not sought by the young but adored by the old she is a temptress like a fire-fly Fools will not interpret this and will re...
Drinks, especially alcoholic drinks have a colourful history and are full of soul. Whiskey, rum and wine, each one of them has had to do with some intense memor...
Remember Mughals? Yes, those kinds who we have to thank for Taj Mahal and Mughlai cuisine. No matter how romanticised they are now, back then, when Mughals sti...
The familiar face of the very handsome Rahul Gandhi isn’t a strange sight. He hails from a family line, which boasts of his late grandmother Indira Gandhi, his ...
Few things in this world are as fascinating as a woman is. There are women in our lives whose influence is undeniable and more than just desirable. Our lives a...
When something makes up 1% of the GDP of a country, constitutes 12% of the production of its kind, then, that “something” is most probably “everything” for a lo...
There is spice and there is spice that hits you in the back of your head, gives you a jolt and wakes you up from the depths of wherever you were all your life. ...
A kiss lingers, always at the ready to be recollected at a time when the lover is far away, in a different time zone, slaying dragons or studying architecture. ...
The Seven Sister States of Eastern India is a paradise unexplored. A gem of a destination, with its lush forests, rich diversity and a culture to match its hist...
It was pouring outside. The corrugated sheet of the tiny bus shed could only shelter them so much. Vehicles whizzed past. Young men of about eighteen or twenty,...
If you are cooking on top of an active volcano, basking in the heat of the pits of fire from the depths of the Earth, having the hell fire bow down to you and b...
Imagine living in a time where a cell phone would seem like witchcraft. How would you then let people know that you had a kid, you got married or that you reall...
Serving the twin purpose of protection from sun and display of wealth, rank and status, hats have been there since forever owing to the very basic need a human ...
We are surrounded by food. We use a lot of words every day that have very different origins than what they have become now. A trip down the timeline will reveal...
We don’t see UV light, hence maybe those pink roses also have a streak of silver or gold running through their hearts, we will never know! But, our eyes are als...
As he stepped into the train compartment, the few tired faces greeted him. He smiled back at them and went to sit down at his usual place - by the window neares...
When your home is the streets of India there are many kinds which you get to see and hear. You hear a lot of sounds right from anklets to worn out soles of stru...
A very warm hand rested on his cold one. Jamie looked up to see two very old eyes, looking down on him with an indifference. This indifference hurt Jamie more t...
Sweat dripped from his eyebrows, drenching his faded shirt as Alok sat down in the shade of a chai shop.
“Bhaiya, ek chai,” he said, wiping his brow with the s...
Give me three grains of corn, Mother, Only three grains of corn; It will keep the little life I have Till the coming of the morn. - "GIVE ME THREE GRAINS OF COR...
There are people and then there are revolutionaries embodied in flesh and blood. There are numerous instances in history that have borne witness to a man beyond...
Where should a lady apply her perfume? Yes, we all know, the pulse points but, Coco Chanel said it better, “Wherever she wants to be kissed”, she said.
Fragra...
A short, dreamy, trying-so -hard to be a lady kind of girl with a regrettable knack for accounts and tax and an incurable passion for writing my little, beating heart out. Oh, and I bake tolerably.
