Pensive & Peppered

37 Stories Found
One Day…

One day when the clouds took over and blocked the sun for good And the girl’s eyes rolled down tears the size of cotton wool…

Me, the Misfit

When I see women, young and not-so green, swaying in unison, singing and dancing Falling on each other, merriment on their faces complete, Laughing at…

Everyday

There’s a strange comfort in the little-ness of everyday The hissing of the kettle, the chatter of birds in the backyard at play The first…

Throwback Tales

From the throws of panic to the heights of happiness, I’ve been there. As we sat in shocked disbelief while the good doc charted out…

Chokkhu Daan

Photo Credit – Pinterest ranjanapradhan709 Untimely rain clouds hung low on an overcast sky with a severe persistence. Like a locked grip of strong fingers…

Mwana wa Bahari…Son of the Sea

It was a waning gibbous moon tonight. As the dim lights of the beach resort twinkled like fairy lights far away on the beach, the…

Defeated…

What is life? A growing ledger of what we lost? We lost our innocence as we took that first step into ‘maturing’,That all-too-important word life…

Home?

Sauntering down the narrow alleys of North Calcutta’s Nagerbazaar, Durga pulled the end of her aanchal over her nose. The stink from the open drain was too much.…

Few of my Favourite Things…

Some things simply cannot pale with time, like The Sound of Music. The love, the bond, the happiness, the music are timeless. Times have changed.…

Mashi’s Friends

Picture Credit: Feature image shows 375 year old Zamindar Bari of Amadpur and its bonedi Durga Pujo The tinkling of their anklets would be like…