Category: Us people

  • Appearances can be deceptive

    I am capable off, decapitating you if need be…. The Madras mail left the Mangalore platform.  Sheela sat by her window seat if you stretched her you would max-out at 4ft.9” since she was extremely fair she kind of came across as frail. She also had a disarrayed hair which would give any temple priest…

  • The Big Bully.

    The Big Bully.

    #TataZicaMarathon,#Impact The word Bully has diverse meaning like a blustering browbeating person especially someone who is habitually cruel to others particularly some weak. It could also mean a hired ruffian. Interestingly the word began meaning as brother, friend, sweetheart. Bullying can be a simple one on one to more complexes, with a bully having one…

  • Peek-A-B00

    Peek-A-B00

    Nobody knows that I… She didn’t even want to complete the sentence. After all the best way to keep a secret is to keep it even from your own self. But the truth was she was a nonperson, a shadow, a ghost. She was not really sure that she was a whole person ever… she…

  • Doppelganger Week

    #Fun #Fantastic. Last September I was at Mumbai airport, when someone hailed me, I stopped and looked back. A middle aged gentle man walked up to to me and said, ”Hi Savia” this is not the first time. At the Publishing Next conference, a charming lady walks up to me gives me this very I…

  • Lighter Moments

    #LoveAndLaughter activity… It was dinner at Dr.Tripati’s place with Dr.Chayya and his wife. “How are you guys going” Dr.Tripati asked us when it was time for us to leave. “By bike” replied my husband “One or two” asked Dr.Tripati “One” replied my husband. That was when Dr.Tripati entered the conversation, “How are you going doctor”…

  • World Hijaab Day

    image courtesy google My sister and I were in the Bombay local, it was just after Eid. Since my burn scars were visible I had taken to wearing the Hijaab.  Hijaab is the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women. At Dadar, a woman entered since it was a…