Category: Prose
The Future
Year–2035 Today my house help came very late. When I opened the door, I found her a bit strange. There was a blink in her eyes, a Bluetooth logo on her sari, and she stood saying ‘ नमस्ते, I’ve been updated to version 9.0. Shall we begin mopping?’” I was aghast! Now what is this…
Read MoreEnglish is a funny Language
When I joined a new school in class 3, our class teacher Mrs. Lemos would teach us some lessons in niceties too. She would tell us the importance of Ps and Qs and teach us how to eat without making noise. She would check each day whether we brought a handkerchief with us or not.…
Read MoreAnd the Bell rings!
It’s a lazy Saturday morning. Aditya(son) has a day off and so does his father. I decide to sleep in and get up late for once-and the doorbell rings…..Trrrrn…..trrrrnn…… Grumbling I get up to attend to the door……it’s the car attendant. He wants the car keys to wash and clean the car. I hand over…
Read MoreFlat Life
Yes it’s a literally flat life……a flat smile, a dry flat response, and even a flat reply. Mrs. Reddy on the 5th floor has her balcony in alliance with those of the other ones on the lower floors. She has her clothes line outside her balcony which overlooks others’ clotheslines. So when she hangs her…
Read MoreThe Concoction of Comedy
Are we losing out on humor? I was standing on the 11th floor of my balcony when I was suddenly taken aback by a collective laughter of men who laughed at definite intervals. I was stunned to know that laughter can be artificial too! That was a laughter exercise being practiced after a session of…
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