The beaches of Goa are different from those of Puri or Mumbai. These beaches are sunnier and the air feels more salty and dry. By the time you put your bare feet on the sand and then on the cold water of the sea, you were already in love with Goa. Gigantic waves were breaking on the shore bringing with it a musky and salty smell of the sea and washing up against the bodies of joyous tourists taking a bath in the thick of the waves. The receding waves left behind a trail of wet sand and lots of oddities like broken shells, rubber tires, torn fishnet, and everything else which had been churned up from the belly of the sea. The children rushed after the waves collecting the left behind shells and white shiny stones and again running away cheerfully when the waves returned. A number of people…
I had begun observing a quiet cheer in Kamla’s demeanour. Not that she was a sad person by nature but lately, she seemed a…
Something unknown whacked the Maya civilization back in the day. One by one, their cities were abandoned, and by A.D. 900 the Maya civilization…
She was found. The day had come. Valar was going to see Bani, her mother. The skies were blue, but not too blue. It…
“What’s wrong, Mary?” Baby John asks. We still call him Baby John, even though he’s already five. He lies flat in the bunk across…
Published by Abington House, USA, “One Long Journey” is primarily a story of survival and hope in the face of adversity and social upheaval,…
“That’s my grandson over there. You see the blanket movin’? The one with the most black hair. There, he’s kickin’ again. He’s my first.…
“Why am I so ugly?” She used to wail at me. I thought a smile would do the trick. That it would make her…
Gautam- Hello Kanishka, Gautam here, How are you? Kanishka- Hi Gautam, pulling on somehow. What about you? G- Me too, pulling on. Tired off…