In search of childhood

I finally found what I've been looking for... My favourite fruit. Ever. In the whole wide world. Okay, you get the drift now. It's the Pomelo. It's the fruit I don't share. I've fought my brother, my parents, and even my second grade class teacher. K is lucky we're married, so he gets some, but …

Oil of Olay – A to Z Challenge

I’m twenty-six and being forced to grow up, to take responsibilities and start being the sensible, practical and confident person I’m expected to be. But all I can do is wish I was three again, raiding my mother’s closet for little knick-knacks. I used to be quite stealthy as a child, sneaking into her room, slowly …

An Afternoon in Spring – A to Z Challenge

The dusty winds blow thick and fast, one can almost be grateful for this breeze, even if it's a thirty degree Celsius. The BBC weatherman says its spring, but it clearly doesn't feel like one, it certainly seems past such period. Delhi weather rarely gives anyone an opportunity to grieve the end of winter or …

Books that made me

As a tiny tot, I was their worst nightmare. I would rip books from cover to cover, page by page, and have my thin arms quivering with exertion while the paper trembled helplessly in fear. But all that's in the past now. We've buried the hatchet. And now we're inseparable. The innate art of reading …