Shail's Nest

Feelings trapped within like birds with stunted wings unable to soar not knowing how to fly flap useless wings so hard they try. Will you be my wings my love and teach me to fly let me roam the skies free as any bird that flies.. When I am tired I’ll return to nest in [...]

On the left is Teddy and to his left is Pinkie. Such original names, aren’t they? It is bound to be so, coz aren’t I the one who named them?! They occupy a corner of my bed, though here you see them on my pillows. Whenever L & M (Lord & Master) is at home, [...]

“You’ve a lovely nose!” he said to me one day a good many years ago.. I wrinkled my nose and tried to look down it to see what was so good about it. Having never heard anything about my nose from anyone all of my twenty four years (for that had been my age during [...]

A painting dwells deep within you and I beneath the tree beside the gently flowing river arms intertwined our silence talking.. I hear in my heart the song of love you softly sing to me the rustle of turning pages from the book long forgotten as my hair covers your face making time stand still. [...]

Our movies (Indian) are chock full of hard hitting dialogues that have the front benchers and the balcony-sitters alike whistling, clapping or sometimes sagely nodding in agreement. That spells success for the story writer/ dialogue writer and the makers of the movie in general. Some of the oft repeated ones ever so popular with the [...]

When my younger son was around 2 years of age, I decided to give him a hair cut and ended up with the Elikaranda (Rat- Gnawed) Look! I watched him nervously as he sat there playing. Oh dear God! What had I done to the poor beloved thing’s mass of curly mop??!! It looked horrible. [...]

My brother and family have reached Trivandrum. Sis-in-law calls up, on reaching her home. They will be coming over in a couple of hours. I have one last batch of folded clothes to go into the wall closet. I open it to keep them and …..Aaaaaaaaaaaah! There is an ENORMOUS spider running on the closet [...]

I am gagged. Your silence has taped my mouth shut Words of love held captives within the walls of my heart jostle, push and shove to break free and dance in abandon for you. Caged in the dark confines of my pulsing flesh and blood heart they long for escape to roam free and reveal [...]

- a short story. “Once upon a time…. ” This was only the second story Mom was into and already the book was slipping from her hand and her eyes were closing. In a minute I could hear her deep breathing. She had fallen asleep in my room on my bed, reading out stories to [...]

I have lost something Can you find it for me?? Looked for it everywhere But found it nowhere!! Close to myself Never out of my sight Away from prying eyes I had hidden it so well. Misused and battered Injured and hurt wounded and damaged marred and impaired, was the way I found it when [...]