I want to return to a wilderness; Though, I don’t know where it is. To this place, my mind drifts; Not knowing where it is. A river runs nearby With trees on either bank, tall and with leaves, stud. There is a little cottage, as well, With birds chirping around. ...

Gurpreet Seble contacted me recently and offered a complimentary service in her Nail Spa. She was launching a brand new and her first branch in Mumbai. Initially, I had no alternative than to turn down her offer, since Colaba, where the spa is based too far away from my place ...

While I was moving along, A lone stub of a tree, I came upon. I looked at it with curiosity; Which species of plant it is to see.   Suddenly, a forlorn voice addressed me; “Why are you looking at me, so curiously? I am no big tree; majestic to ...

Remember your younger days when you carried a heavy weight bag to school? Many would be surprised to know that that weight has been steadily reducing for the current generation. Efforts have been taken by the principals, teachers and parents to reduce the physical burden of the children, while going ...

Today is the death anniversary of the evergreen Dev Anand. Though I was not born during his arm-jerking style days, I have been a big fan of late Dev Anand, like my Mom, having been brought up on old movies on TV and their songs on Vividh Bharati. My Mom ...

Trust is a sad word. How many people have fallen into a trap after trusting even someone close, let alone strangers? There have been many incidents of people being cheated by near and dear ones. But then people never learn from their own experience or from that of the others. ...

One fine morning I realized, That the world has become one and systematized. The continents had again formed the Pangea, And all the seas surrounded it. An unknown force was binding them And all belonged to the same unit. There was complete harmony for there was no terrorist. Nobody hoarded ...

A polio-affected girl, Tasneem Shaikh said, “We had a lesson in our 11th std. Hindi, where the author, in an unknown city, was feeling weak with high fever. He was taken to his destination by a man, in a bicycle. This man cycled with only one leg since he had ...

Today, I am going to talk about a boy, whose name is Only (K**** in Hindi), who lives in our building. By the way, we do not know most of the people in our building, since they keep changing homes often and most of the families are turned against us ...

There are times in our lives, when we get angry with someone close to us. There is a period of resentment, but eventually you calm down and think properly. Then you realize that hating someone was not right on your part. That is the time when you decide to forgive ...