Shail’s Nest

He waited beneath the gulmohur tree by the roadside. It was time for her to come. He was not going to procrastinate any longer. Today, he thought to himself, I will do it today. The gentle breeze blew some flowers down in a yellow cascade. It thrilled him. It was on just such a day [...]

A humble dedication from me to all the girl children of the world who face the ignominy of gender discrimination.

You tell me I was born
Very near midnight
When there was no light
On a very dark night.
Is it my fault
I was born at night??
Tell me Mother
Doesn’t day follow night??

The ink I spilt
Makes you so angry
When it [...]

We all have memories about our first school, some good some bad. Let me tell you about mine.
I started my schooling way back in 1964, (God, I am Ancient!!) in a little known village in Kollam district, where our ancestral home is located. It was the same year that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru passed away. [...]

Though I have been a homemaker and full-time parent for a pretty long time now, there must have been a time eons ago when I was a probably squalling baby, a definitely painfully shy kid, a certainly diffident recluse of a teenager and a finally happy-go-lucky collegian cautiously peeping out of her shell and daring [...]

“Where do I begin?
To tell the story of how great a love can be
The sweet love story that is older than the sea
The simple truth about the love he brings to me
Where do I start?…”
That is how it began, the song from the movie ‘Love Story.’ The year had been 1971. It wasn’t until [...]