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Once upon a time
"you are not my cure, nobody has that power," - Margaret Atwood But the patriarch is getting old now. A weariness settled deep in his puffy eyes and round belly. He walks with pride while his posture remains burdened with his own reign. He wakes up oblivious to the world around him and gets on with his day. He earns bread and makes sure there's food on the table. But there is enough food now. That's not required of him. He does it regardless. The patriarch is pitiable—frail,
Oct 192 min read


Love in the time of Oligarchy
"One of the first things we discover in these groups is that personal problems are political problems. There are no personal solutions at this time. There is only collective action for a collective solution". — Carol Hanisch, The Personal Is Political (1969) Love, for me, has been glorious and terrifying in excess. It’ s a pool filled with lilies, and no matter how pretty the water looks, drowning is still drowning when you don’t know how to swim. I am a romantic, and that’s
Oct 173 min read


baby nose
I was told I have a baby nose by a guy obsessed with Indian cows. “Look at that baby nose of yours!” “What does that even mean, G?” “It...
Oct 86 min read


Dude, Where's My Car?
चाँद तन्हा है आसमान तन्हा दिल मिला है कहाँ कहाँ तन्हा बुझ गई आस छुप गया तारा थरथराता रहा धुआँ तन्हा I was talking to my hot friend...
Sep 164 min read


Convincing my google docs that I am smart and fuckable
"All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom windows, because I had some idea that...
Sep 14 min read


There's a leaf trapped in the crevice
Changed my t-shirt. Changed my pyjamas. Changed my cushion covers and removed all the dead flowers. They were really dead and they were...
Aug 264 min read


I am not your friend
When The Handmaid’s Tale was published, she says, the novel was reviewed by British critics as an enjoyable fantasy, and by the Canadians...
Apr 123 min read


A letter to the Leader of Opposition
Hi Mr. Gandhi, This is an email for call to action. And an email with a lot of heart and pain and deep concern. I am Kriti, from Lucknow....
Apr 93 min read


Tryst with Data
Rule four : Consider everything an experiment. I have been a writer for as long as I’ve had thoughts I couldn’t say out loud. Maybe even...
Feb 278 min read


Look for the silver lining
Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face...
Jan 112 min read


it IS a phase, mom
There was a blooming spider Went up a blooming spout And down came the rain And washed the spider out Out came the sun And dried up all...
Dec 29, 20242 min read


Please, please, please
Human beings can apparently endure an amazing amount of misery as long as there is hope; but neurotic entanglements invariably generate a...
Dec 25, 20244 min read


4-7-8
Duncan's mom : We are a part of the whole and everything in the whole transforms all the time. It changes form. Transfigures. Duncan :...
Dec 24, 20243 min read


I digress
It was 1953, and I was still at school. I'd borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean...
Dec 22, 20242 min read
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