Category Archives: Non-Fiction
Recycling Newspaper in Slums
Newspapers are re-cycled into paper bags and sold to the chemists and stores as an alternate source of income. The Anganwadi school in the slums takes care of the toddlers between 2- 5 yr old while their parents are working … Continue reading
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Discarded Humans
She sat by the window. Her wrinkled, shaking hands stitching together lost stories and little gaps in her memories. She is soaking up the sun. It was a while since she saw daylight. They had pushed her into a dark … Continue reading
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Lalitha Das : A Profile
If there is one word to describe 75-yr-old Lalitha Das it would be ‘dynamic’. This unassuming lady barely sits still. When she is not solving the resident’s problems as the President of the Apartment Association, she is busy organizing … Continue reading
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That Something
You know how when you are traveling around town and find yourself unwittingly in situations either being the spectator, the observer or you might be the witness and the party to some unforseen circumstance. You wake up in the morning … Continue reading
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In Measured Doses
So a whirlwind tour around my favorite country took me through another dimension both in mind and spirit as it usually does every time I travel. Just getting out of the cocoon, encountering near and dear ones, strangers and the … Continue reading
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Easter, Kiddos and Eggs
Easter is here and that means a lot of colored eggs all over the place. What’s within those eggs are precious to the kiddos and a seemingly wonderful experience to them. Watching them sitting there and opening those plastic egg … Continue reading
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Writer’s Brush
‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ goes the adage. As appropriate as it may sound I would like to re-phrase it to something that is less violent and more inspiring in my mind. ‘The pen is akin to an artist’s … Continue reading
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Another Day in Paradise
The battleground is quiet; the din of warfare is lulled by a silence that is deafening. The bodies lay strewn all over. Some perished without a prayer on their lips. The others had time to gaze at the sky … Continue reading
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Unadoptable
Vicky ducked under the bed and covered his face. He slid his small hands out from under and pulled the sheet down slowly until it touched the floor and curtained him. He sighed. He couldn’t be seen. They wouldn’t … Continue reading
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