(Photo Credit: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields) “What colour is your parachute?” Ash taunted Venky placing yet another artificial rose in the gleaming glass vase. Venky in a show of controlled restraint remained stoically silent all the while never taking his eyes off the lithe and languid visage of Ash. She seemed to glide through her chores. “Or … Continue reading A Portrait Called Ash
Month: February 2019
Crevices Of Deliverance
Along with necessity, nooks, crannies and crevices are also the perfect mothers of invention. If hiding something to find it later is the second most delightful pastime of adolescence, finding something that has been hidden – unquestionably - is the first! Aren’t the two acts in question the same? Please allow me to explain why … Continue reading Crevices Of Deliverance
Song of a Wandering Soul
(Songxicun, China | Gao Shian, Google Maps) Ashita gingerly unslung her back pack and took out her high powered Sony A7 III full frame mirror less camera. With a 3 inch tilting touchscreen this new gadget was her soul mate. For her closest friends this obsession didn’t come as a surprise. Just like every picture … Continue reading Song of a Wandering Soul
Dante’s Promontory
(Photo Credit: Sue Vincent) A flaming sky provided an accidentally breathtaking backdrop into which the two silhouetted figures stared fixedly. Seemingly. Resolutely. Inevitably. The magnificent orb that was the setting sun slowly began plunging down but not before lending a marvelous hue to the surrounding sky. But for some random, asymmetric and isolated chirping of … Continue reading Dante’s Promontory
Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary People – Jerry Borrowman
In a poignant, penetrating and pertinent work, Jerry Borrowman pays wholesome tribute to some of the indomitable heroes of World War II, heroes whose exploits have either been recognized long after such an act was due or have been acknowledged much later than even the lifetimes of the valiant protagonists. “Extraordinary Wartime Stories of … Continue reading Invisible Heroes of World War II: Extraordinary Wartime Stories of Ordinary People – Jerry Borrowman
Gandalf’s Magic
(Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding) They called him Gandalf. With his snow white beard and icy white flowing locks (or whatever was remaining of them) he did look mythical. Years of uncomplaining toil and uncompromising integrity had burdened him with a slight hunch. The once broad and proud shoulders were now a pale shadow of their … Continue reading Gandalf’s Magic
Perspective
Sun, sand and sky were but accomplices willing Putting out displays so seraphic and thrilling An orb, a still mass of water and a canopy of azure blue Paying paeans to Mother Nature in a manner wonderfully true. Every element of cosmos teaches a lesson while laying out a vision Entreating humanity to broaden … Continue reading Perspective
Words Unspoken & A Story Untold
(Photo Credit: J Hardy Carroll) A few spindly and elongated branches reflected off a shiny glass window of the stony structure. The invisible rows of books inside narrated a multitude of stories ranging from the asinine to the arcane. Knights in shining armours and damsels in distress; chaste individuals with impure intentions and concubines with … Continue reading Words Unspoken & A Story Untold
Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How To Find Hope – Johann Hari
Finding a typically ingenious yet deep way to describe her harrowing experience with bouts of manic depression, the indomitable late Carrie Fisher once said, “One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs … Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it’s out.” … Continue reading Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How To Find Hope – Johann Hari
Dante’s Tree
(Photo Credit: Pexels) Spurred on by a cool and pleasant breeze, the dried leaves scattered upon the ground rose a little bit before gently wafting back down. The giant tree towered over the landscape like an imperial patriarch. This piece of botanical relic had been a mute albeit honest witness to many a rebellion and … Continue reading Dante’s Tree