PinnedMember-onlyRiPa, RiKa, Rose; A Pocket Full of ProseKabir and his wife, Rishta, moved half a world away from their families, to build a life in a new country. While it came with its challenges, RiKa (their couple name) were glad to have found friends who made them feel a little bit at home in the alien country…Flash Fiction4 min readFlash Fiction4 min read
Feb 15Member-onlyLove in the time of COVID-19‘My boss was not supposed to bring her kids!’ Vidvaan apologized as he escorted us out of his house party. We were two too many for…Microfiction1 min readMicrofiction1 min read
Apr 23, 2021Member-onlyTake A Look AroundI stepped out looking for Happiness But no matter how much I looked around All I found was a colossal mess Seemed like happiness did not want to be found . I stepped out looking for Joy But no matter how much I looked around All it did was destroy …Põem1 min readPõem1 min read
May 13, 2020On Chasing Peace, Happiness or Joy…and the role of labor and its fruit: outcomes — Previously on this show: I explored the theme that chasing happiness is a fool’s quest and so is true for its lesser cousin — joy, and that peace is not only the more attainable goal, but also the one we need (as opposed to the one we want). However, I…Philosophy4 min readPhilosophy4 min read
Aug 4, 2019Member-onlyCitizens Of The World: A Proposal for the MovementPlease don’t just hashtag this — Over the past few weeks, I have been thinking about a movement that would be really good to have. Hoping that someone will start it. Classic procrastination and hoping that someone else will do what I think is needed. I reached a breaking point last week. The amount of energy…Tech6 min readTech6 min read
May 6, 2019Member-onlyContract with the modern worldA poem — Peered over my phone To live a little Found it hard to escape the zone Like the screen, an idea so brittle Were minds once engines of fantasy? Did present…Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Nov 26, 2018Stupid: 4The pressures of not being one and the perks of being one — You can read the Chapter 1 here, Chapter 2 here and Chapter 3 here before proceeding. Chapter 4: SriLax, man! No congratulations to those of you who had already figured out their couple name. This one was fairly obvious: LaxSri makes no sense — literally or figuratively. LaSri might have…Short Story7 min readShort Story7 min read
Oct 3, 2018Longest Sentence in One Hundred Years of SolitudeBy Gabriel Garcia Marquez — I googled and could not find this anywhere. So I sifted through the book to find a page without a full stop. About 45 minutes later, I found it. It is page 329 of the edition I have (cover above). Then I sat and typed the whole 880 words of…100 Years Of Solitude4 min read100 Years Of Solitude4 min read
Sep 30, 2018Stupid: 3The pressures of not being one and the perks of being one — You can read the Chapter 1 here, and Chapter 2 here before proceeding. Chapter 3: The Wife Who Leads This is her story too. The account of Laxman’s life is incomplete without her. Who she was before she met him, who she became after she met him and who she…Fiction10 min readFiction10 min read
Sep 17, 2018Stupid: 2The pressures of not being one and the perks of being one — You can read the Chapter 1 here, before proceeding Chapter 2: His name and what’s in it In a rush to begin his story, his identity was forgotten. Seems like you’ve made it this far, so there might be interest in knowing a bit about him? He is a man…Fiction6 min readFiction6 min read
