Bottle gourds, broccoli and body fitness

She: I drank a concoction of bottle gourd, bitter gourd, curry leaf, neem leaves and cumin seeds for a month and a half. Me: But where did you discover this poison? She: I saw it on Youtube. They mentioned that you need to drink it for 20 days to lose weight but inspite of drinking...

If not you, then who?

The intern asks the learned - What is the cause that I suffer so much?Suffer? Where is the suffering ? - replies the enlightened oneIgnoring the rebuff, the student questions  - Why is it always 'me'? Why am I tested the most? You? If not you, then who ?The learner fumbles looking for an appropriate...

Love me for a reason, let the reason be love?

If a lie is repeated 10 times it starts replacing the truth. There are certain universal lies that are passed on from one decade to another under the disguise of words so sonorous that refuting them would feel like challenging the very foundation of humanity. As per one such ideology which finds favour among many...

Solitary Travellers

She met him on a cruise on her way to someplace she didn’t remember or didn’t care to remember anymore. Many would easily pass her off as a person whose beauty delights the eyes. But her eyes didn’t delight anyone because when they looked into them, they seemed to be looking past them and their...