It Was on the Cards
March 12th I ambled along the pristine beach, the white powdery sand sticking to my soles. The sea was a bright shade of turquoise. The breeze messed my curls, not…
The Fire and the Brimstone
1642. Howard Street Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts. As I dug into the damp soil with fervour, the neighbouring air clung onto my shoulders like a damp, musty blanket. Or could it…
An Illusion Called Love
A shaft of sunlight fell on me. Tiny specks of clouds dotted the azure sky. A whiff of breeze pirouetted with the leaves, as the curtain rose and set the…
Dialogues- How Not to Have One
Dialogues make the narration engaging. There are no two ways about it. No one would want to read pages and pages of paragraphs with no relief of dialogues in between.…
Imagery
If you are like me, who hesitates / struggles with description, then this is for you. I discovered a wonderful book that helped me overcome my fear of descriptions. What…
My Quintessential Bookshelf
A good friend of mine lives and breathes a unique commandment when it comes to the world of literature. He steadfastly refuses to read any work that is not written…
Does Listening to ‘Audiobooks’ Count as Reading?
There have been plenty of debates between purists i.e. those who read physical/paper books and those who read digital books on their screens. Each side battles for their chosen format,…
Heard an Audio Story Yet?
This pandemic has been a bane and a bone. Remember those days when people were posting insanely cool-looking pics of cakes, cookies, buns, elaborate Sunday lunches, Dalgona coffee, families dancing,…
When the Snake Bit
A snake committed sacrilege by biting the Demi-God of millions of Bollywood fans and it became trending news for days together. But the Demi-God overcame this setback, very much like…
The Vengeful Simians
I live in a city on the outskirts of Mumbai which is near to the National Park. So nocturnal visits by the big cats are common in our area. The…