Shail's Nest

Turn right Switch off the light Turn left It still doesn’t seem right Thoughts like a kite On wings, are on a flight Somewhere inside like termites Fears eat away tiny bite by bite The cool night And the moonlight Only ignite Emotions uptight Lost in a cavern In life’s downturn I toss and turn [...]

(….. continued from here) While at Ferozepur, I had frequent attacks of malaria while the others mysteriously enough were unaffected. Once on hearing that I was down with ague yet again Major Jaswant Singh jocularly asked the Lord and Master of mine, whether this was a bi-annual or quarterly feature. My first-born was not even [...]

If you have come looking for Sardarji jokes, let me tell you, this is the wrong place. This blog is about Sardarjis all right… but it is about some among the brave troops of my husband’s battalion (Sikh Regiment) who came into our family’s life as sahayaks (helpers/orderlies) and enriched our lives in their own [...]

Seven is supposed to be my lucky number. Both Mini and Noor have tagged me to write seven random things about myself. For someone who blogs about herself it is tough to find things that have not already been splashed across her blog pages. Especially having done a 25 random things about yourself post, reading [...]

Right now what I really feel like doing is running away and hiding. Oh no no no. Don’t jump to conclusions. You always land in the most unexpected of places when you do that. Unlike what you might think, the law is not after me. Neither do I have muscular thugs after my blood for [...]

- a 55-word story They needed a chauffeur to take her to school. “Not the young man.” said the over-cautious mother. The father nodded sagely. They hired the older man, who was old enough to be her grandfather. Their daughter was safe, they thought in parental wisdom. Days later, they wondered why she was obsessed [...]