In Search Of a Mother

The loneliness Rajat has been living like this since the past 2-3 months. This self proclaimed seclusion has made him more resilient and indifferent towards life, or so he thinks. At times he feels if he’s behaving alright or not? His depressing ways of leading life has made him think of changing at least for [...]

Father to Son: A naked Mind

“Excuse me, Sir!” mumbled Animesh in a possible irritated-yet-sounding-pleasant tone, “Can you shift one seat, that’s mine actually, if you don’t mind”. The old man gave him an indifferent stare and peacefully moved over. Animesh was restless; he put off his cabin baggage in the closet of flight no AI604, stuffed the New York Times [...]

The Begining and the End: The Communist way

There’s fire raging in his eyes. Tired eyes, tired of seeing the same old pain, the same old dream. The sixth straight peg of whiskey at his table; He liked facing the world through the reddish haze of the liquid, nowadays. It looked more serene, more diffused, mellowed. He tried playing with the glass, rotating, [...]

Sleep & Light: A Tête-à-tête

Sleep: Sorry, I was late, its time you left…Light! Light: How can I? Can’t you see that the boy is so sad… he needs me. It’s only me that can keep sorrows of darkness away from this little mind. Sleep: But he needs me too… to forget all this…and I cannot tread, into the place [...]