Have you ordered a thali home? Little plastic cups filled with delectable dishes enough to fill your tummy and increase its circumference momentarily. Or better, a plastic tray with each of the cubby holes filled with choicest of the dishes. But have you had the pothichoru? An ambrosial experience (if I may)! Pothi means aContinue reading “P(iquant)othichoru”
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Detached!
She stretched her arms and legs. It felt so effortless today. The air she breathed was pure and light- like it caressed her lungs in a way like never before. Her heart wasn’t beating slower or faster than it should be. As her foot touched the floor, she felt a connection between her and MotherContinue reading “Detached!”
COVID Blues
Hazy vision, stifled breathing, heart racing at 120 bps, constricted blood flow in my hands, overall choked up feeling- my day couldn’t have been better. Reading the title + the first line might have brought in a thought that I had that ‘virus’. Thank God, no! At least, not yet! Praying never! That is howContinue reading “COVID Blues”
The Art of Making Tea!
Tea- a beverage fabled as a drink mistakenly discovered by the Chinese and made ever-so fanciful by the British over its vast empire including India. Earliest historical reference on Tea in India dates back to 12th century AD while the British started producing it commercially and with China, India constitutes over 60% of the globalContinue reading “The Art of Making Tea!”
An Unspoken Word
It was just a white curtain that separated them inside a large room in a hospital bustling with patients, doctors, nurses and bystanders. Busy as always- people were filing in and out- of course, they were as this was the pre-COVID era. Two beds on either side- an older man was sitting on a chairContinue reading “An Unspoken Word”
A Tale Yonder
She lay there, unperturbed. A gentle whisper near my ears. She dodged my outstretched hands. A mockery in her eyes. As I lay on my head, for some shut eye. Again she went, a whisper and a taunt. Made me wide awake and agile. She was fast and frisky. I was so not to be.Continue reading “A Tale Yonder”
Lights Out!
<< >> My brother brought some motion sensing night lights. I spooked the bejesus out of him and voila!!
BC
If you think the title depicts a time before Christ, you are grossly mistaken. If you think this is an abuse, no, it is not. BC or Before Corona is what the new period depictions are going to be- hopefully for us and hopefully not for the future historians evolved from the coelacanths after aContinue reading “BC”
Quips and Qualms
Explicit content inside. If you plan on getting offended, please proceed to read. If you don’t, please proceed to read. It is up to you to proceed to read. Songs while on the move, becomes news on the move. A sign of ageing, I should say. I moved from listening to music while driving toContinue reading “Quips and Qualms”
Quarantine Cooks
The kitchen was my least visited place in the house. Well, the kitchen sans the area of the fridge, was the least visited area in the house. My Facebook wall is usually is teeming with people posting their recent kitchen exploits. Every edible animal and plant was on the plate, shot wide and long withContinue reading “Quarantine Cooks”
