Shail's Nest

I am lotus A bloom in the mud Rooted in mire Untainted and pure Fragrant and bright Rosy pink and shades of white I am lotus Divinity Fertility Sacred symbol of triumph Creation and rebirth For a thousand years patiently I wait And when woken, regenerate… Yet… In the freezing cold I shrink and shrivel [...]

I was born in an age when it was assumed by the general majority that it was quite okay if the man hit his wife occasionally (all for her own good) or even on a regular basis for her ostensible ‘mistakes’ like putting too much salt in the curry or not serving the tea at [...]

I woke up to a beautiful morning today. There was a nip in the air. Once I was done with preparing breakfast I walked out to the front yard and looked up at the sky. The clouds looked like fluffy cotton wool against the beautiful blue sky. I decided to get my camera and take [...]

‘The Nuts’ was what we called ourselves, the ‘we’ here referring not to some teen under graduates or school students, which erroneous conclusion you might have been tempted to jump to, but post graduates, studying in the prestigious Kariavattom University, which lay about 16 kilometers outside the capital city of Trivandrum. The ‘we’ consisted of [...]

- a story I lay there in the blue light listening to the rhythm of the train. The rest of the passengers were all fast asleep. I couldn’t sleep. It would soon be time for me to disembark. Outside it was raining. The drizzle made faint patterns on the window pane. My journey was about [...]

I was caught in the web I know Love claimed me for its own I know I made a mistake I know You are that mistake I know I gave you my heart I know Though I shouldn’t have I know I was helpless I know It was Destiny I know We will never be [...]

If you were to have met me a couple of days back on the Intercity Express and were to surmise from the smug expression on my face that I was content at a job well done, you would not have been far from the truth. The next question that begs an answer would then arise: [...]