-By KK- Literacy!! I met her at a friends’ house. A nondescript, ordinary, unremarkable, uninteresting woman. A common woman. Unexceptional, unimpressive… A nondescript, drab face, clad in an ordinary saree, middle-aged looking uninspiring and illiterate. I sighed inwardly, as I resigned myself to an orthodox unenlightening evening. The conversation revolved around dull topics of home,… Continue reading Literacy!
-By KK- ‘I am bored. I am bored. It’s boring. Life is boring. Everything is a bore. Oh! Don’t bore me. You bore. You are a bore. He/she is a bore.’ Boredom has inflicted even the tiniest toddlers of the world. You look at them with astonishment as they voice their boredom without fully understanding… Continue reading Killing boredom
-By KK- I received the call at 7.45 AM. My heart skipped a beat as the name stared at me from the mobile phone. I knew before being told. ‘I lost Reshma today’; ‘I lost a friend’. Reshma is my friend’s daughter. My heart broke. She was her only child. Condolences are due. Condolences..? What… Continue reading Loss…
-By KK- A cool breeze began blowing as the sun wrapped up its day’s journey, allowing a respite for a few hours from the scorching heat that incessantly burnt throughout the day. Inside homes, the lights began to illuminate homes to combat the dusk’s light that surely will spill into darkness. I sighed softly, listening… Continue reading My safe “Haven”
-By Brave Flower- Back in the 1990s, the Indian Railways was still the go-to mode of transport for long distance travel. We didn’t have the internet or mobile phones to rely on to pass our time. We resorted to observing our surroundings and interacting with the people around us to keep ourselves engaged. The following… Continue reading A Train Journey
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