I”ll turn, all you were to me, in a story someday;Relive the throbs of pain you put my heart through;Smirk at the radiant smiles you once lit up my soul with;Voyage back in time, to the endless years of trustful waiting ;Languish the words from…
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Book Review: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The acclaimed Man Booker Prize Winning author intrigued me first for the nonsensical, boorish gender-biased comment by a senior Indian journalist [need I say the word ‘Male’?] after ‘The God of Small Things’ had not long ago earned her the literary fame and international limelight.…
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THINGS WE DO NOT SAY
I look at the two pigeons tip toeing together on the fenced wall. I don’t know why they’re there- they don’t seem to be looking for food or whiling away time. They’re probably having an unspoken conversation- without words, bodily gestures, and facial expressions. I…
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When Not Asked But Given
If something whispers over-friendliness. makes us uneasy in the mind. brings in discomfort or intelligibly feels inappropriate!e· we do not have to wait for the signal to emerge in full strength and form. Act on the instincts, because we only think we’re being hit on…
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The Business of Spiritualism
I picked up this book at a bookstore, something I did not go there in search of, and probably would not have bought it had it not been for its compact size and a throwaway price. The title intrigued me completely and I wondered what…