Life at Cross Roads

Sona had been selling flowers at the Birla Temple for as long as she could remember. Her earliest memories were of running around the crowded road bare feet in a tattered over sized frock gifted to her by some generous woman at the temple. Her hair unwashed and mostly tangled up in two untidy pony [...]

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Poem: A Childhood Lost

She sat huddled in a corner
staring at the pool of blood
between her aching skinny legs.
Her large eyes vacant and dry
her trembling body tattered and torn
and her soul, bruised and ridden to dust.
Her childhood innocence crushed
by someone’s scavenging lust
someone she was taught to trust.
He ripped her veil
and shamed her forever
violating her with a single thrust.
Alone, [...]

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Cross-Posting IHM’s blog ‘Not just a pair of Jeans ‘

I always get late for posting every Sunday but good things always come with time .
Introducing today IHM or Indian Home Maker , one of the finest bloggers, my inspiration at many times and a fellow woman writer. She writes about every woman, social issues, our culture, social eveils, daily life and much more. [...]

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Witch Hunting : The Dark Indian Reality

Place : A sleepy village in the state of Chattisgarh in the largest democracy of the world, India
Time : Just past midnight
A woman rolls on the floor of her small mud house making vague noises and shaking her head. He hair disheveled and clothes barely covering her body. She shudders in uncontrolled frenzy and [...]

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What’s love got to do with it ….

I love kids, curious, inquisitive, innocent kids or maybe not so innocent really
It was just another hot summer night and in the comforts of the air conditioner Kid 1# and 2# were watching some flick on HBO, I as usual was watching the glow stars on the ceiling in a half dazed state. [...]

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Down with Section377(IPC):Equality For ALL

A painting in oil by Pankaj Gupta .. A depiction of gay rights.. an emotional bond between two human beings. some day the black night will end and a dawn will break for them
Today, Thursday July 2nd, is a big day in the history of human rights in India. The much awaited verdict on the [...]

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Sunday Scribblings

S- sincerely
O- offering apology
R- right from my heart
R- realizing my mistake and truly apologizing to
Y- you, with a promise to try not to commit that mistake again…

The events of the past few days have made me reflect on the much abused word in any language “Sorry”.
How easy it is to shrug all the responsibility and [...]

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Ramblings of a stressed out mind

Just a filler post. I wanted to take a much needed break. My mind is filled with all kind of stuff I have been gathering from the www and there is no better place than my blog to chill a little.
Freelancing for the first time took me over to Sydney and man what a [...]

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All is Unfair in the Fairness World

My maid asked me to give her some advance and the reason- some boy was coming to see her daughter for marriage. Her look told me there was some problem so I inquired if they were looking for dowry but it turned out that the reason was her dark skin. They wanted a simple, homely, [...]

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Nanhi kali ( the tender bud).. I too want to blossom

The village was slowly waking up to yet another day. The birds had left their nest in search of the early worm and one could hear the bells in the temple on a distant hillock.
Very few people were out at this time. Two figures emerged from behind a cluster of houses and started walking [...]

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