Just another day

“I wanna be an airborne ranger, Live the life of guts and danger. Airborne ranger, Life of danger. I wanna be a scuba diver, Swim around in the muddy water. Scuba diver, muddy […]

% to my population

You are nothing more than a crowd. Do you even know what role you were designated to play? A ‘Patel’ of a village in the mid-1500-1900 state of Gujarat, would be a member of the village committee who would help represent the whole village’s views to the local council and take the lead in resolving […]

Left Right

Roll, sound, camera. Action! “How do I live?” The monologue was concluded by a loud applause from my director and crew members. I ran towards our movie’s cinematographer and kissed him on the cheek. I said “Oh man! I have never looked so dominating on the screen before.” Kisses, long handshakes and pats on the […]

The Conductor

I looked up to my orchestra. It was time to light up. The stage was neatly polished and the wooden floor glazed like marble. The lights on top of our heads weren’t as intense as the spirit in us. The different sections of my orchestra were illuminated by the flashes of fame and adulation. […]

Through the aperture

Welcome to @#%* airways! And that’s when I came into existence. A thousand eyes set upon me, a thousands suns burned in me. The flight was ready to take off, but the fight in me had just started! Giving the passengers the so called “safety” instructions, I had to put on a plastic smile of […]

Inked!

I am Scorpion. Are you Pisces? A common question. A common sign. A common disease. “We, the People of this Mother Earth label ourselves, from the time of our conception to the time we decimate into fine dust!” Labelling- An art masterfully engineered into our DNA that makes me wonder sometimes that are we […]

Sand dunes of time

“So tell me what is time?”, he asked. Some say it’s the clock, some say it’s 4:07pm, some say it’s the 4th dimension. I said ” It’s a sand dune.” Well I did say it without any thinking and that’s why I had to justify. Right at the moment, we start to breathe, it starts […]

CEMETERIES OF MIND

Phew!! The last day of my exams and the last day of the endless, infinite loop……. and the instant realization of the ephemeral joy and relief it will bring. Packing my drafter, compass, scales and pencil, I feel a heavy burden has been lifted off my shoulders (actually the bag’s still heavy). The long walk […]

THE HAT

So children where is the rabbit?? *We wait anxiously, biting our lips, eyes filled with sheer awe and amazement.* and then Voila! He produces the fluffy, soft and naive creature with those red magical eyes from that hat. How the hell can he do that?! Amazed and perplexed, we encounter magic at its apogee. Magic. […]

The F- Matrix

Fuck!!! Fuck!!! Fuck!!! What the fuck?! Why the fuck?!! Welcome to the modern era of language. Don’t be surprised with the profane start. I am perfectly normal and sane! So what exactly has this word “fuck” got to do with our daily humdrum lives?? As per Wikipedia, “Fuck is an English-language word, a profanity which […]