It’s the day after Diwali, and I am remembering Michelle. She must be back in California now, after an extended tour of Europe with her...

Circa 2000-2001, I wrote a short story for a nation-wide contest in the UAE, without the slightest thought of whether I even had the...

‘Oktoberfest is nothing but a lot of beer,’ a friend had said to me before we left on our recent Bavarian sojourn. It was a dampening...

There are only two stages in love – To be smitten by the beloved. And when the obsession matures, to become the beloved. Between the...

It is blazing hot here. The embers that are flaking from the skies are the kind that singed our indoor plants when they transited from...

As I sign a wad of cheques of different amounts and hand them to my assistant for dispatch, a face from the past flashes through my mind...

It was a crabby day. My anger was unrelenting. It was stuffed in my throat and I wasn’t letting it find a vent. Held captive by my...

I have returned to the quaint little town of Kalady after two and a half years.  This is where my mother leads a modest, non-descript...

(Published on momspress.com) The Creator, the One who made all these things come to be with a wave of His hand, once came to survey His...

(Published on momspresso.com) There isn’t much to talk about winter in Dubai. No snow-covered driveways, no heavy woolens, no hearth in...

‘Tum bhi kismis rakhta hai?’ Asked my domestic help as he finished the day’s chore. ‘Kismis?’ Where did he find kismis in the kitchen?...

She lit the diyas, one by one, her hands steadied by her heart’s conviction. Then turning around, she looked deep into his eyes. There...

The blobs of black clouds I saw outside suggested it was going to rain. I gazed at the sky, listened to the rumble, took in the...

So when sanity left its home leaving no address behind, in panic I cried, “Where shall we go now to cure our madness?” I heard a voice...

The gentleman on the left in the picture kept turning around and looking at me. For a moment I wondered if we were not allowed inside the...

Suddenly, I see faith floating down in a plastic, disposable bowl, even as a chorus begins to praise the Mother. “Jai Gange Maata..” The...

It is the morning of Mahalay. Devi opens her eyes and gives the mortals on earth a cursory glance. They are preparing to receive her....