Namrata slithered from deep sleep to alert wakefulness like an automatic transmission car shifting gears. It is our second anniversary today, her mind squealed to her in delight. Eager thoughts…

I'm elated today. I feel like the clouds dotting the sky like cotton balls in the sky. Ready to fly away with joy. Trevor is coming home. Just to celebrate…

Another cold, lonely December night. I stare at my plate and sigh. This was not how I expected my twenties to come to an end. Well, you made your bed.…

It was the second anniversary of Aritra Dasgupta’s novel, ‘The anatomy of longing’, which had consistently featured among the top ten bestselling books, for the last four months.‘Bookland,’ one of…

On his way to his office, he swerved by the tiny shop where he once spent hours cooking. “I’m not going back. Things will work out, with God’s grace.” He…

I tiptoed out of the room closing the door behind me. Its menacing squeak made our toddler squirm in his sleep. “Shhhh!” hissed the husband. “Alright, now you don’t wake…

The little baby boy cooed and wiggled his tiny hands. Parvati smiled, accentuating the soft wrinkles around her warm eyes. The baby gave her a toothless grin in return. She…

Vikrant and Maya stood watching the beautiful sunset in one of the many gardens of Sumedhgarh Fort. They were in Jaipur to celebrate their second anniversary. Sumedhgarh was built as…

That the anniversary lunch ended as an absolute disaster was no surprise to any of us. Every year, it’s a different story, but the same ending. I hated these lunches…

March, 2022. My wife turning off the rotating fan is the only alarm that can wake me up. While my login hours begin at nine in the morning, my punctual…