My father believed that I would never make it big in life. My mother never said anything but her silence said a lot. Relatives and friends had trouble suppressing their smirks in my presence. Ha!…
Karma
Dec 2009 It was a cold evening. I was driving back home when I saw this woman, standing beside her car. I could see that she was so very distraught with worry and stress. As…
Realization
I fell in love with her the moment I saw her. I was happy to have her, my best friend, who followed me like a little shadow. And then things changed between us. I started…
The Predator’s Game
Myra admired herself in the mirror as she waited for her nail polish to dry. She knew that she looked awesome. A horn beeped. She grabbed her bag and rushed out of her home. A…
Do Not Disturb
My ‘Me-time’, the best time of the day. It’s the time when I can take a break from chores and my demanding family. Ah, the joy of reading the newspaper in peace or playing scrabble…
A Blessing in Disguise.
I had too many things on my mind that day. But that’s an excuse. What I did could’ve had serious repercussions. It was plain bad luck that I had moved a few meters ahead and…
Dare
It’s overwhelming to think about what will happen if you follow a path that isn’t very practical or that isn’t taken my many. It’s unnerving to do what you think you can’t do. It’s frightening…
Lessons of Life
I can’t even begin to tell you about the hardships I’ve had in my life. They’ve hit me like waves lashing against the boulders. One wave disappeared and another one shaped up to knock me…