Give Me Red
Give Me Red I always hated self- service counters to have a quick bite. It was okay in college days but now? Who wants to stand in queues, waiting in turn to place the order, looking up at menu board and deciding what to eat with one hand in the pocket to check for wallet […]
Chanda re mere bhaiya Se kehna Bahna yaad Kare
Chanda re mere bhaiya Se kehna Bahna yaad Kare As I geared myself up to brush my well-guarded emotions under the carpet for the 17th Bhai dooj I played the song yet again. It’s my favorite self-sabotaging song . I just have to listen to it and wait for the warm tears to flow . […]
Devi
Devi As the famous Gurjar Aarto did another yearly circulation round on social media with each regional group claiming its copyright on its invention a woman appeared. I had seen her before. Clad in her customary shirt over her salwar with an Oddhni ( heavy colorful chunri with gota) round glistening face she stood there […]
One last time let us say goodbye
One last time let us say goodbye Bhai sahib next time your wife wants to wear a saree please learn to hold the pleats or make her wear a skirt! First my mother than your wife and next will be my wife he muttered as I tried to drape a heavy saree around me asking […]
Shanno Devi ji ki jai ho
Shanno Devi ji ki jain ho It can’t be about the awards and accolades not when you are going to be a septuagenarian in a month’s time but it would be imprudent not to attend the felicitation invitation from the top government brass in Lucknow. Completely unexpected. She accepts this with great humility with moist […]
Aaina mujhse meri pahli si soorat maange
The Voice of the Beloved It must have been the effect of workshop of the sacred feminine which I attended for the first time. Normally I return with a goodie bag containing certificate with CME credit hours , note pad and a pen.This was an unfamiliar space. I spent the day by the lakeside and […]
Chai kaisi loge aap?
The Voice of the Beloved It must have been the effect of workshop of the sacred feminine which I attended for the first time. Normally I return with a goodie bag containing certificate with CME credit hours , note pad and a pen.This was an unfamiliar space. I spent the day by the lakeside and […]
The Voice of the Beloved
The Voice of the Beloved It must have been the effect of workshop of the sacred feminine which I attended for the first time. Normally I return with a goodie bag containing certificate with CME credit hours , note pad and a pen.This was an unfamiliar space. I spent the day by the lakeside and […]
Hiranyam ( the golden one)
Hiranyam ( the golden one) She held the long metallic ladle learning to balance it as she becomes the “Yajmaan”. Simply translated it means Yagya ka maan rakhne wala or the one who initiates the ceremonial fire and sees it to its completion.The Yagya was for the freshest intentions for the year 2021.FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE, […]
Deja Vu
Deja Vu We were just stuck with each other. I had to park the car few blocks away and walk further into the narrow by-lanes till I reached an open cramped small ground. The bare red brick laden backs of old buildings covered the view in all directions providing little shade from the unrelenting heat. […]
