Shail’s Nest

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 [...]

- a 55 word story

“Go inside”
“Why??”
“You can read in your room”
“I want to sit here and read. It’s cooler here…”
“Some boys are loitering outside.”
“So??”
“They are staring at you…”
“So??”
She didn’t see the slap coming.
“Go inside, now!”
She went in quietly.
She learnt: When boys ogled her, it was somehow her fault.

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The above is a 55-word [...]

I firmly believe in the adage, ‘change is the only constant in this world’. Needless to say the change I am talking about here does not refer to it, but to the ‘change’ that is expected of a woman.

Recently IHM wrote a post ‘What would you not change for love’ which actually translated [...]

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If you notice, I have two new badges in the top right-hand corner of my page. The copyright one is familiar to most of you. Perhaps the one below is not yet. Enough is enough. I have now joined the Bloggers Against Plagiarism drive. It is the need of the hour. Just what the [...]

My sister-in-law said she cried while reading it. As for me I went through a whole range of emotions while going through Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns’ (Thank you Maddy for the gift). At one point I was even laughing myself silly, in total disbelief too, where the religious leaders find the ‘bare’ long [...]

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Can you imagine this?? I have not yet accepted or acknowledged awards conferred on me last year!! I cannot believe this!! How remiss of me. My profuse apologies to you Deeps and IHM. I have been holidaying with a vengeance. Though blogs were never out of my mind while doing so and I [...]

At last the day has come. Everything is packed and I am raring to go. Fond of travel?? You bet I am!!
Get down from the Omni walk up the steps of the railway station. Scores of eyes watching, following your every move. Nothing unusual. That’s the way things are where I live. You don’t have [...]