Mumbai Local

Everyday, my local train leaves Dadar station at 8.41 AM to reach Thane at 9.10 AM Precisely at 9.08, we’d all get up from our seats and lineup on in such a way that the incoming rush at Thane station doesn’t kill us. As the train draws to a halt, a swarm of screaming people […]

Extraordinary

There are days when nothing seems to go right, right from the moment you are out of bed to the nightfall moment of slumber. Its when you question life, your existence and perhaps your utility in this world. Contrasting, there are days when you feel invincible, when nothing goes wrong, when everything seems to be […]

Death – My take

Surprisingly, nobody absolutely nobody in history has escaped death. There is no escaping it but yet we fear it, we deny it for we do not know what happens after we die… Honestly, I don’t know what happens after we die, but I do know is that its like a sleep from which you never […]

Nocturnal Misadventure!

Its 2.05 AM, almost 35 minutes since I returned from the college campus after the NEEV work…all I have been doing is trying to wake up my room mate to get the door opened. I have banged the door over 15 minutes, managing to wake up my neighbours and not my roomate. He has even switched […]

Innocence Unknown…

The child had curious eyes, she must have been no more than 6 years of age. She entered the house by the door to the dining hall and found herself a place right at the corner below the staircase. Innocent eyes and nervous demeanour had a mystery behind that small fragile frame. I may never […]

Associations….

I just finished watching the last episode of the last season of FRIENDS. I had never seen the series when it used to run on TV, I just caught up with it this year April. Surprisingly, I loved all the 10 years of it, watching upto 4-5 episodes a shot at times. Its just a […]

Levels of Association

People associate sounds, music, and smells with events or places. So do I. This happens especially with songs, when I listen to a song after a while, I do seem to recall an associated place or event with it. Lets see what reminds me of what… Mitwa/Lets Go Party Tonite from KANK reminds of my […]