Yesterday reminded me that the world does not revolve around me. I am not the centre of the universe. Every person I shared a…
Rosin was a member of my writers’ group in Dublin—a woman in her forties, sturdy yet graceful, with auburn hair, a ready smile, and…
In high school, I would have this recurring dream. It would start with my mom and I driving on the freeway– which is strange…
I have a big family on my mom’s side. I’m one of 23 first cousins and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Almost everyone lived…
The phone rang. It was around 9:30 at night. I was preparing to go to bed as usual as I am an early-to-rise and early-to-bed person. It’s…
At 9.30 p.m., on a Saturday, I told my mother, “The mass tomorrow is at 7 a.m. We will leave at 6.45 a.m. Don’t…
All through my trip to India, I heard so many people saying that I was not recognizable at all. I grew bald and I…
Instead of an unknown scare and anxiety while receiving a telegram that made me feel oh My God I got a telegram! I was…
I had a favorite shirt with blue checks on a white background. It was given by my father when I appeared for my first…
I graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), one of India’s well known business schools. It has a beautiful campus designed by…
During my college days in 1980-81, when I first read Samaresh Majumdar’s ‘Uttoradhikar’ (the first book of Animesh series – Uttoradhikar, Kalbela, Kalpurush and…
