An essay on a school crush and a loss of innocence.
Tag: personal story
Fragile Cancer Bones
An essay on witnessing my mausi wasting away as cancer worked its way through her body.
Growing Up in a Half-Progressive, Half-Conservative Family
The pandemic has taken away my fair shot of freedom.
Real, Unreal and Surreal: Open Your Eyes, India
You perhaps have your own version of this same story – another city or another hospital. A little twist here and a little twist there, but ultimately it is …
On Writing: Confessions of a Romantic
There is beauty in making art, but to obsess over the act of creation that we reject the product entirely is futile.
My Father Has Always Been My Greatest Adversary
On the changing dynamics of my relationship with the patriarch of the house.
Why I Simply Can’t Move
From despising all movement-based classes, to it spilling over into my life – the time has come to take stock and resolve any underlying issues.
What Jibon Kaku’s ‘Officer Look’ Taught Me About Modernity
Kaku, my barber at my hometown in Bengal since I was a child, never got influenced by the whims and fancies of the ever-changing world.
Maa, the Storyteller
She is a master of the art of hide and seek – hide the terror, seek the intrigue.
Friends, Lovers or Nothing?
How do you reply to a letter from someone who is no longer alive?