Shail’s Nest

………is the time to sneak on to the sofa for a nice cozy nap!!

From Goofy and sundry things

Egad, I have been found out! Shall I make a run for it or act cute??

From Goofy and sundry things

There she goes click-click again. I bet I am the most photographed dog in these parts.

From [...]

A spark that flares
and spreads
uncontainable
irreversible
burning yesterdays
erasing forever
the shell of memories
the cocoon of  comfort
freeing todays
to long for the unknown
dream with abandon
of uncertain tomorrows
shrouded in mists
that never show
what they truly hold.

- Shail Mohan (Aug 2007)

Reposted from shail-mohsn blogs @sulekha.com

This is not what you think it is. Moi certainly doesn’t have an identity crisis. Oh no siree, not at all. But someone or someones (Pardon the expression, I know there is no such word, but just couldn’t help the usage) else seems/seem to have a ‘crisis’ of gargantuan proportion about my ‘identity’! Now if [...]

Who would have thought I had it in me and that too when it is only a few days back I crossed over gingerly to the wrong side of my fiftieth year. I had never been one to be star-struck even in my good old days of youth. Instead I always looked disdainfully down my [...]

I am tempted to ask if other parents and first and second-born-s agree that the second child is born with special skills to shake any smugness out of their parents, unlike the first born who lets you think you have done a great job… Do you think this is true??
The above is the question that [...]

I lay down my arms
The battle is lost
My allies are gone
I am left all alone
Hope was butchered
Spontaneity maimed
Dreams taken prisoners
Optimism retired hurt
A wry laughter rings
Pessimism sings
You win I lose
No need for coups
All that was mine
Is now yours
Why leave them behind
Take also these tears…

-Shail Mohan (June 2009)
Reposted from shail-mohan blogs @sulekha.com

A tree doesn’t shout out loud in pride about the strength and efficacy of its roots but proves the point by its own majestic bearing, solid trunk, strong branches, green leaves, beautiful and colorful flowers and luscious fruits.
Sometimes branches are cut mercilessly, but the tree makes a miraculous come back with the strong roots [...]

Destiny’s child I am not

She disowned me for reasons I know not

All I asked of her was love, only love

She shook her head and said, ‘Anything but…’

- Shail Mohan

- a short story

I met her when I moved to the small apartment block in the suburbs. I had just kicked out Rajesh from my life when I found out he was having an affair with a colleague’s wife. It was Neha, my seven year old and I, on our own now. I had moved [...]

An elephant does it. So does a goat, orangutan, polar bear, tiger, puma… Yeah they all do, give birth I mean just like countless other mammals on earth including humans. There is a difference though. While after giving birth, the rest of them go about their business of being a mother quietly, humans (the one [...]