• I can be your hero baby

    I love my brother. Don’t get me wrong. I do love him. And he’s my older brother so the regard and love I have for him aren’t something I can explain. But he’s a stubborn bull and if he locks his feet in, no matter how much I drag, he won’t budge. He. Will. Not.…

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  • Sólo con tu amor yo puedo eXistir

    “There she is, my entertainment provider,” said Swarup to his granddaughter. He didn’t remember anymore that she was his granddaughter but he remembered, vaguely, that when she came to his room, she brought gifts along.

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  • Two drifters, off to see the world

    I’m sitting in the drawing room. I can hear the whirring of the fan. The sound of someone racing their motorcycle on the road twenty floors below wafts in through the open balcony door. It’s neither hot nor cold, dry or humid. It’s a perfect Bombay afternoon. It’s a slow work day. It’s my perfect…

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  • Make this vision all brand new

    Girish had taken work from home that day. He was unwell and he had this intense need to cook a three-course dinner for his wife. Today was a special day for her, she was winning an award for employee of the year. He knew she thought she was being given the award because her organization…

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  • Caught in the undertow

    She’s lying on the bed because she’s in pain and her body has finally stopped responding to her signal of move, move, move. She is used to moving: whether to organize the household, organize her son’s day – because he may be twenty but that does not mean he can look after himself – organize…

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  • Think of me and I’ll be there

    Dear Diary, Why is it that some days, despite everything you do, they just escape you? No matter how much you thrash around, trying to salvage it, it just cannot be saved.

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  • I love you like a love song

    “I think I know what I want you to watch.” Gaurav looked up from the very important novel he was reading, hiding the sigh that almost escaped him. He did not want a repeat of the lecture he had gotten only yesterday.

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