Shail’s Nest

I get mine at the Army CSD and sometimes at Spencer’s or even at the Margin free store or the local kirana. Where do you get yours?? I am of course talking of that indispensable item of daily use, a toothbrush. You would be getting yours from somewhere similar, I am sure, since they don’t [...]

From Thru my eyes

I count the grains of sand on the beach
They stretch as far as my eyes reach
When I am done I will tell you
Just how much I love you…
- Shail Mohan  (Oct 2008)

Last night I dreamt
we sprouted wings
flew around the Moon towards Neptune
in our little shack on the ‘ice giant’
I brewed pots of tea
we sipped watching the moons….
In the pale light, your eyes
kindled embers to a roaring flame
and I was no longer the ice maiden.

- Shail Mohan (July 2009)

The balcony is my favorite place to stand and watch the world go by in between my chores. My time there starts when I open the French windows to it in the morning to find the rolled up newspaper of the day lying there.

Right opposite to the balcony stand like sentinels three trees belonging [...]

“Chinese!” she smiled.
“Sure!!” he replied gallantly.
His heart sank watching her expertly handling chop-sticks.
She looked enquiringly at his untouched plate.
“Upset tummy…” he feigned.
“Awww…!” she sympathized.
As he lay in bed, rats gnawing his insides, he vowed to fortify himself with his mother’s tasty curd-rice before next venturing to a Chinese restaurant.

Note: From [...]

I sensed rather than saw him behind the curtains. I remained motionless waiting for him to make his move. He was headed for the kitchen for sure. Today I was going to catch him red-handed, the fatso! All he could think of was food, food and more food. When he got the chance he even [...]

There once was a man who had a little of Everything
But a whole lot of Nothing
And yet he gave freely of his Everything
To himself keeping just Nothing
Then one lucky day he got not little, but all of Everything
He realized soon the difference, Nothing was but Nothing
Everything was after all Everything
He made up his mind to [...]

“Here is a rainbow. For you!” he said.
She extended her hand to accept, her eyes shining with colors far brighter.
He quickly withdrew his hands making the colors vanish in a flash.
“The rainbow doesn’t belong to you alone…” he said laughing. “Fooled you!!”
“You didn’t have to….” she replied “I was born one.”