(Photo Credit: Crispina Kemp) The thin electricity wires strung out from pole to pole resembled random lines absently drawn against the clear blue sky. Lines from a blunt pencil; an instrument that had seen better days producing even better results. Just like some of Venky’s earlier days. The ramshackle wooden fence to the right of … Continue reading No Hay Even When The Sun Shines
Month: February 2019
Wine & Crab
It curiously began at the pool into which she plunged headlong As creeping stealthily behind her, he suddenly & playfully sounded the gong Coming out of the water but with fire in her blazing eyes When her palm firmly made contact with his cheek, it was not all kisses & apple pies Then the … Continue reading Wine & Crab
Venky’s Ash & Fire
(Photo Credit: Anshu Bhojnagarwala) The burning embers blazed away. Dazzling and diaphanous in their narrative, the dancing flames were both purifying and annihilating. Fire cleaves; flame liberates; flares unshackle. The incandescent yellow wonder was Venky’s Ash. Ash, of her big beautiful eyes, cascading and tumbling locks, an iron will and a heart of gold. Gold, … Continue reading Venky’s Ash & Fire
Collected Stories – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
There could not have been a better celebratory ring to mark the occasion. While statistics might mean everything and nothing at the same time, on more occasions than not, they cease to be mere numbers. Hence, when I felt a surge of contentment and a sense of fulfillment overwhelm me as the covers gently came … Continue reading Collected Stories – Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Death By Euphorbia
(Photo Credit: Crispina Kemp) Kapuscinsky, following his methodical route, arrived at the Fairy Gardens. Spreading a tatami mat he set himself down in close proximity to the Euphorbia shrub. “Sally I have decided to let the cat out of the bag.” A thorny branch shot out and caressed Kapuscinsky’ s neck tenderly. When a second … Continue reading Death By Euphorbia
Thoughts Rend Asunder
The last of the wool was sheared as the sheep had long stopped being restless standing still resigned to its fate. In fact, it was his mind that was a cauldron. The wool-gatherer wasn't white within. Courtesy of Sammi Cox Weekend Writing Prompt#92
Macaroni Madness
Treating both agony and ecstasy as siblings strumming up a bitter-sweet symphony Venky couldn't care less if the world around him fell apart, so long as there was macaroni; When life threw a curve-ball, and dealt him cards that welcomed misery in a loop He chooses for his heart a sigh or a shrug and … Continue reading Macaroni Madness
Capitalism’s Death-Knell
(Photo Credit: C.E. Ayr) When it actually happened, the scramble was unlike anything anyone had witnessed ever before. A mildly exciting but otherwise docile event metamorphosed in the mere blink of an eye, into arguably the most ingenious and novel advocacy campaign ever! The dangerous looking dinosaur, upon its unveiling was supposed to have mouthed … Continue reading Capitalism’s Death-Knell
Under The Deodars – Rudyard Kipling
Personally, reading Kipling has always been an implicit and difficult exercise in reconciliation. An uncomfortable and reluctant compromise between an apologist for the colonial reign and ramifications in India and an enchanting teller of stories that have spontaneity for a spine and subtlety as their heads. Hence “Under The Deodars” was no exception to this … Continue reading Under The Deodars – Rudyard Kipling
Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable – Dan Lyons
We are living in times, where under the ruse of change, perpetual upheavals are rocking the inner functioning of the Corporate World. In a bid to keep up with the expectations of shareholders and earnings forecasts of analysts tracking every metric of the company, corporations are constantly looking to ‘reinvent’, ‘re-purpose’ and ‘re-engineer’ themselves. This … Continue reading Lab Rats: Why Modern Work Makes People Miserable – Dan Lyons