(Photo Credit: Ceayr) The most conspicuous thing about the house was the plants. Lining the red painted steps leading towards the door, neatly clustered on the extended ledge and even delicately perched on the railings of the balcony, the pots in which the greenery was housed made for a pretty and aesthetic sight. She called … Continue reading The Ash Method

(Photo Credit: kyryll ushakov on Unsplash ) The Moody Blues were crooning "Nights in White Satins". Perched on a bar stool I nursed my third glass of Monkey Shoulder Whiskey resting my elbows on the gleaming and translucent bar counter polished to a spit and bereft of even a speck of grime.  The friendly bar tender went about … Continue reading Double Irish Dutch Sandwich & Tax Havens

(Photo Credit: Crispina Kemp) The excavator resembled a frowning caricature in red. But it was neither an Optimus Prime frolicking on fat wheels nor an improvised Avenger enjoying his moment in the Sun. The shredding of the copious proliferation of dense grass and 'reclaiming' the green acreage was the culmination of an exercise in perseverance, … Continue reading Leveling for a Laboratory

Venky had never seen the philosophical side of Ash before and what he saw for the first time thus stupefied him. "Where do you think this bridge leads to?" she asked in an otherwise innocuous manner. Venky, looking at the dilapidated and neglected structure, replied, "to the entrance of the makeshift night market?" "On the … Continue reading The Connection