The day we moved into our new home over a month ago, I lost my sleep. At first I figured it was the Vastu of the room – we shouldn’t be in the North-east of the house, and our heads shouldn’t be facing north. So we tried sleeping sideways. Then my brother wrote in about … More Sleepless in soul-searching
Fitting into a new house is like settling into a new marriage. You adjust to certain ways of the house. The house changes itself for you in others. The bedroom door that doesn’t close properly — you learn to pull it in just the right way so as to solve your purpose with the least … More Home and heart
Today this song from the old film The Great Gambler was playing on the radio on my way home from work: Do lavson ki yeh dil ki kahaani / Ya hai mohobbat, ya hai jawani (The story of this heart has only two words / Either it’s [romantic] love or it’s [lusty] youth) I love … More Dil ki kahaani
I see You in the large empty house for rent I see You in the shadowy trees I see You in the dark, crowded market roads As we stand by the curb eating Cocoberries. I see You in the busy prefrontal cortex I see You in the thoughts billowing like breeze I see You in the … More Paths 3-5
These days, I am very much caught up in the maya of day-to-day existence. But a few oases of awareness do manage to surface, mostly inadvertently through discussions with my family. 1. Cup of tea? Belonging to a digitized generation, being brought up under the tutelage of a ‘modern’ Indian mother, and going to progressive … More Cups of tea and fancy showers
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