When a wife gets slapped around and battered, the world calls it “domestic” violence. The news media all over the world, print, TV, and the myriad forms of news gathering and transmission gives this kind of violence a complete miss. No hotel gets attacked, nobody “known” gets hurt, […]
We called her to wish her a happy birthday and she replied with her standard statement – “am too old to be celebrating birthdays and I shouldn’t be around for the next one”. Last year she was actually unwell and just unable to enjoy her special day. This […]
Today was the day of the quarter when he could come to that particular square area where sunlight could reach in his prison. It took nearly a half hour for his eyes to stop watering and stay open. For 89 days he only sees the dull glow of […]
The daughter sat in an autorickshaw and feebly told the driver where she wanted to go. Twenty years back around the same time, 12 noon, same day, Friday, her mother too sat in an autorickshaw but not alone. Her youngest brother was with her, she couldn’t even speak […]
She is still waiting, For his shoes to hit the door And the thud of his bag Hitting the floor The hungry call to her for food…. The plate is full, But her son is several feet Below the ground … She did see the big hole On […]
My mother-in-law came and stayed with us for a couple of weeks in March, just before we moved out of Bangalore and in the twenty four years I have known her, this time I felt she has lost a lot of her vitality. My mom-in-law has had every […]
Dear Priyanka… My heart goes out to you and your family. It’s terrible that people take potshots at you, your husband, your smart brother and your mother !! How dare they ? Don’t they know that your grandmother gave her life for the country and just 2800+ Sikhs […]
It was somehow a poignant moment when you walked back with Athimber and just as the car turned to take me to the airport you turned back to wave. I don’t know if you saw me waving back, but it was important for you to look at me […]
Yesterday we were watching Visu’s “Makkal Arangam” – for non-Tamilians, it’s a chat show that is conducted in remote and urban centres by an erstwhile film director Visu and the show has been running for more than ten years. Visu picks up interesting topics and gets participants to […]
I agreed on the drama, but not death when I was born !! There was thunder, lightning, and rains the day I was born in Tirunelveli. There were eight children born in that nursing home that day and I was the only girl and my mother wanted a son so […]
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