It’s midnight yet again—and I wait.An infant in one arm,a clinging toddler on the other,refusing sleep. I am drowsy.Sleep-deprived.Tired.I want to collapse into bed.But still—I wait. Isn’t that what good wives do?Wait for the husband to return,ask about his day,offer him comfortafter […]
Today I cut yet another umbilical cord with my son. He was off to school with his other siblings, and as I watched him walk away, I felt that familiar heaviness settle in my chest—the weight of letting go, once again. The […]
Summer is here in India—bringing with it scorching heat, school holidays, and of course, mangoes. In every Indian home, summer vacation is almost synonymous with these golden delights. Whether it’s slicing an Alphonso, sucking on a Langda, or slurping aamras with hot […]
Two hundred plus days, a wound still raw, Blood stains the earth, a chilling flaw. Martyrs fallen, bodies defiled, Innocence lost, a world beguiled. Laws shattered, a brutal reign, Children, mothers, all slain in vain. Buried alive, or blown to dust, Bulldozers […]