Shail's Nest

The girl and her parents reached the village late at night. The storm that had slowed down their bus had now cleared. While her parents talked to Ammavan and Ammayi, the girl’s eyes were searching for Chechi.
A sleepy-eyed older girl entered the room just then and smiled at the assembled guests. [...]

Hey Mom!! Whaddya know Mom, lots of carrots here Mom. You know how I love carrots Mom. I found boiled potatoes and oranges too Mom. Yippeeeeee. You know how much I love oranges Mom. Hey Mom, don’t be shocked.  They have plenty of chocolates too and don’t mind us doggies gorging on them too.
It’s a [...]

Words
meanings lost in transit
create havoc
change white to black…
Upheavals in closed chambers
return favors
making strangers
of lovers…
Broken bits
flotsam and jetsam
flow down salty rivers
seeking salvation…
Some others buried
in silences
deeper than the deepest
where none dare excavate…
Rascal Love
in momentary hiding
mischievously laughs
in derision….
- Shail Mohan (March 2010)

I was sitting staring aimlessly into space when I heard the doorbell. I didn’t move. I hoped whoever it was would go away and leave me alone to lie here in my stupor. I have been sitting here since morning, the same as I have been since a couple of months now. The book lay [...]

I happened to listen to one of those programs aired on the radio where people call in with questions to their favorite celebrity of the day or some such thing. This particular caller had one to ask of Prithviraj, the talented young actor of the South, who was the star of the day. Prithviraj was [...]

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Being away or rather forced to be away, from the net for long gave me chance to muse about the blogosphere and the hold it has on us bloggers. Is Cloud Nine when you get a comment to your blog, the Indianhomemaker a passionate blogger herself, had once wondered. [...]

When it rains it pours and how!
My woes started with the modem going kaput. What can be as disastrous as that for a blog addict?? I did not go into shock immediately that happened because my buddy Airtel gprs connection on my cell phone was there as standby while the BSNL people got their act [...]