Life is an equation in which the only thing constant is the variables ( Read more... )

“Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Jeena Yahan, Zara Hat Ke, Zara Bach Ke
Yeh Hai Bombay Meri Jaan"1

Living in this city for more than two decades has made me realize that I have unwittingly fallen in love with it. I may crib; I may rant; but at the end of the day I’ll stand up for the “spirit” of Mumbai and blend into the crowd to be proudly called a “ ( Read more... )

               “So marumagal*, how was your day?”  These were the words that greeted me each day when I entered my new abode. “It was fine, Appa**,” was the usual response. Hearing this, his smiling face would go back to swaying his head to the beats of the music on the stereo.

I never told him, that this small gesture of his ( Read more... )

Wanna see what you’re playing for?
Why ‘ya wanna see what you’re playing for?

The finish lines’ still blur,
And the race is On!

Very few will achieve,
What you are craving for!

Fame & Immortality,
Are the luxuries of God.

While the rest of us,
Will be deceased and gone.

Take it easy,
Take it slow.

Live in the moment,
And let it go!

The 'happy place ( Read more... )

Choices! They carve our life. We all are surrounded by many parallel stories.  Some stories we don’t pursue till the end; leaving them halfway to follow something more sparkling to our soul.

While some enamor us till infinity. She was one such story. I was destined to love her till death. Cupid smiled while ( Read more... )

If she is “Single”,
    She is ought to “Mingle”
The world is “paired” in two,
    As if she didn't “knew” !

She is sick of this “advice”
    From every Aunt, ally and allies -
              Go find your “mate”
             And trust your “fate”
“How ab’t fixing a steamy coffee date?”
(It always ends up in Checkmate)

But instead ( Read more... )

           She sat there nonchalantly flipping the pages of some spiritual magazine, waiting impatiently to get over with the task at hand. ‘Why don’t they allow direct online transfer? Sheer waste of my valuable time’, she lamented subconsciously.‘If only there was some other way out to save my taxes.’  The words of her accountant rang into her ( Read more... )

            He wasn't supposed to be there, but here he was, staring at the old rickety building which was ominously gloomy. He cursed his brother under his breath for such a reference. Skipping a step, he avoided the dirty puddle of black water that lay right in front of the entrance.

The stairs creaked as he moved up; the whole building ( Read more... )