Samyel – A sketch
I remember Samyel first as the formidable school watchman who rang the bell, guarded the grounds and frightened us with his cane. Looking back, I see a far more complex man behind the figure we feared as children.
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Park Diary
I was walking down the pathway in the park.I felt I was walking on the mountain green. I had a vision of Wordsworth climbing the hills and meadows with his lamb by his side. It was indeed an overwhelming feeling. I still feel so. But as I left the park and started to reach home,…
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Summer Rain –A Sketch
I’m not a painter. I only have words and phrases to paint the beauty of summer. What if we have rains in summer? Some time ago it did happen and I could not let the moment go without attempting a portrait of it. Summer has set in. With the onset of summer there is a…
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NARMADA MA
“The rains are here at last “ said Grandmother. ‘Yes the weather forecast yesterday said there would be heavy rain for a few days’ I said setting aside all my books to look at the rain drops falling on the garden roses. It had been a very hot summer. We knew it very well. Our…
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The Music room
Have you seen the music room? No- not in the day When it is agog with people as the court demands its share of fun Not when the Sunlight is bright and clear When the roses in the vase are young and fresh The birds come to visit Through the open windows Not when a…
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FIFA World Cup Reflections (2026)
World Cup football becomes a thread through memory: Maradona, Brazil, a football-loving father, changing styles of play and the enduring drama of the beautiful game.
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Kanniyakumari
At India’s southern edge, sea, memory, faith and travel merge as Krishna Mohan moves through Kanniyakumari and Trivandrum, searching for what makes a place stay with us.
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The short stories of Edgar Allan Poe
In the days of the Wild West, when writers were busy writing about questions like, freedom, love, morality, Edgar Allan Poe was delving into the more mysterious aspects of life which touched upon the eerie, the grotesque, the occult and the arcane. The stories of Poe have an aura of the mysterious and Gothic about…
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Nana by Emile Zola
What intrigued me about the novel was the ending. I could not understand why the novelist had to devote more than 6 pages for the preparations of war going on in France while Nana lies in the hospital bed. Nana leads a life of pleasure and un forbidden freedom. She is the embodiment of sensuality….
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FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP
The FIFA 2022 World Cup is going on in Qatar. But for me like many other fans all over the world, the loss of Brazil diminished the allure of this tournament. Watching the Football World Cup matches has been a habit since 1986. That was the first World Cup to be telecast live from Mexico and despite the odd hours, me and my Dad stayed awake late into the night to watch the matches.
