The high pedestal.

The high pedestal. The ones you call "Perfect" are tired, injured, annoyed,  and burned out. Sitting on a high pedestal,  they...

Dichotomy

Dichotomy I look back at life and see failure angst damage as I turn and look into a mirror I see strength vigour hope beca...

Walk Away

Walk away. This has worked perfectly for my sanity over the last year. Walking away from people, ideas, conversations, and things ...

Long time no see.

Long time no see.  Hey! What's up? Long time no see! Meet me? But never do. It's not me, It's not you. Neither of us know ho...

Delhi Drama Act 21, Payments.

Delhi Drama Act 21.  I get down from the metro station and look for a shared auto, something I do a lot more these days, after a stret...

An ode to quarter life crisis.

As a 26 something, I haven't figured out anything, While my older colleagues Talk about cars, homes, and families, I am stuck here ...

Delhi Drama Act 20, Ruby.

Over the last month my cycle has been under repair, this is what happens when you decide to take things in your own hands, and this...

ज़िन्दगी कैसी है?

ज़िन्दगी कैसी है? न दौड़ने देती है, न ठहरने देती है, और पैदल चलु तो कहती है, तुम बड़ा धीरे चलते हो।

Delhi Drama, Act 19

Delhi Drama Act 19.  I enter the metro at Janpath and take a corner beside the door, a couple of aged women stand behind me, the ...

A weekend in Banaras, A stop motion video

I was quickly going through all pictures I shot in Banaras and it looked like a poorly made stop-motion video. So, I went ahead and conv...

Happy new year, Banaras,day 3, part 2

Day 3, Part 2 After finally sitting for a late lunch at a rooftop cafe, I received a text saying that my train would leave tomorro...

Happy new year, Banaras. Day 3, part 1

Day 3, Part 1. Last night, I did take a walk on the ghat and was beside the river when we entered the new year, I heard loud count...

Namaste Banaras, Day 2.

Day 2. Last night while going for dinner I got a call from the Hostel Manager, he had sent another girl to the same place he recomm...

Namaste Banaras.

Day 1.   Last night before starting for the trip I had to clear out my schedule, do the dishes, the pending laundry, the pending r...

Train Conversations, Delhi to Banaras.

My train is running late by 10 hours now, people are either lazing around or are scrambling for charging their phones, some young men ar...

हलवा

दिसंबर का दिन था, आंखे खुलने से मना करती थी, खुलकर करती भी क्या? सर्द कोहरे में इनका काम कम था। फिर भी इनसे लड़कर बाजार से बेहतरिन लाल गा...

All the lonely people.

Look at all the lonely people, with faces like us, voices like ours, yet no one to talk, no one to greet. Look at all the lonely peo...

Cities.

Cities. Blinding lights, And deafening noise. Lack of space, And lack of poise. Muted colours, And muted voice.  ...

परिंदे

परिंदे ख्वाब देखता आया हु तफुलियत से, परिंदो जैसी उड़ान भरने के। आज जब हवा में पर फड़फड़ा रहे है, याद आता है ज़मीं पर चलना।  

Old Delhi

Old Delhi Narrow lanes,  Filled with people Brushing against each other. Amidst smell of boiled milk, And clanking tea glasses. Stories...

Delhi Drama Act 18

Me and my friends have walked about 10 kilometers for the day, a couple of them are sitting by the road to rest there legs, one is at...