When dreams become reality!It is dark. The night is too far gone that the faint crescent of the waning moon hangs over the trees. The house is dimly lit, too! An…Nov 28, 2024Nov 28, 2024
What is a better life?“There is a crocky here”, we should look out for him said ‘P’. ‘Crocodile’ you mean, I asked him. Oh yes, there is one crocodile here, came…Sep 13, 2024Sep 13, 2024
Of 38 or some such random number!Writing heals! In times when life sucked when the world collapsed right before me when darkness was all I could see around, when the light…Jun 6, 2024Jun 6, 2024
Two years of Love!‘Appa, Valikithu’ (It is painful) little K complained. “Where is it paining”, I asked him and kissed his foot, the part of his body where…May 16, 2024May 16, 2024
Will my son ever know my mom?‘Appa’, my son ‘K’ had an exciting tone! He had just recognized me in a picture. It was one of those family pictures that most Indian…Mar 22, 2024Mar 22, 2024
When an air ambulance team went the extra mile!Some stories are hard! Painful! The pain of the oppressed and the anger against the systemic flaws overshadows the heroism of the…Nov 9, 2023Nov 9, 2023
In Dad’s shoes!Every time when someone says ‘K’ looks exactly like you, my heart misses a beat. I gulp! That strange feeling of not wanting your child to…Aug 23, 2023Aug 23, 2023
How did it feel to be 20?‘Sam Chithapa’ my nephew repeated the word for the umpteenth time. He was showing me around his university campus. I was following him…Jul 2, 2023Jul 2, 2023
What does it mean to be in a PNG village?It was a chance meeting. He had come to this small town in PNG for a week’s health workers training and is ready to carry back his…Jun 21, 20231Jun 21, 20231
Flying past the mountains, into the world of the needy!“Kaakurus”,” Kaakurus”, yelled the pilot from the flight looking out of his window. He was about to take off. I looked around as the…May 26, 20231May 26, 20231
