Watching this old snap when I was born, how his firm hands held us tight and his calm touch vanished our fears. I watched Pa resting on the rocking chair, the robust personality withered with age & Parkinson. His deep voice held thousand people but now he could be hardly heard. Once he held me whenever I stumbled […]
Still I blush & turn crimsonWhen the rustling winds Calls you by name.© Ila Varma Feb.2017
“Khat Khatt Khat” the sound coming from the adjacent room took me out of the reverie. I checked my watch, it was 2 am. “Pa…what are you doing at this time?” “Nothing Beta…venting out my emotions,” Pa said without stopping his hands on the typewriter. As usual, I entered Pa’s room with morning tea but […]
“I promise, I will hold your hand throughout life and never leave you alone.” Ranjan said taking Priya’s hand in his hand. He was quite emotional. “Are you sure, Ranjan…Soch lo…abhi bhi time hain.” Priya teased him & pulled his nose. “Priya, I’m serious. Aren’t you? Don’t think I’m fooling around. I mean it really.” […]
He and I were always on loggerheads. He was two years younger to me but he called me by my name and none disapproved because he was a boy, an awaited son after four daughters and was apple of the eye of all family members. I say all family members because we lived with our […]
She was 18 and he 24. She was beautiful & innocent and he was young & bubbly. The family & well-wishers blessed them profusely on the eve of their engagement and were very enthusiastic that they both will be compatible and will make a lovely pair. She was on the threshold of youth and […]
Autumn has descended and the mellow leaves are strewn all around. Thousand of memorable moments are associated with this park. I’m back to my country after 25 years, a lot has changed around but this place appears the same; only the seats are barren. When we met, we were seated on separate benches and with passage of time, […]
He was trying Ashima’s number, every-time he got the same message, “Number unreachable.” Pratik wasn’t feeling well, so he took break from office & started for home. He saw the keys dangling on the main door. He thought that someone has barged in his house & he lost all that he had earned. He tip-toed inside […]
Source Decades ago, our society had system of joint family and extended family staying together or nearby & the real connections was existent and people stood for one another in the times of merry as well as in times of need and sorrow, so the joys multiplied and sorrows divide among family and family. With […]
Aruna was taking a nap in afternoon after meals. Ria’s cry broke her slumber. She silently walked down the bed to see why Ria was crying. Ria was sobbing in one corner. “What happened dear?” Granny enquired. “Mamma beat me up. She doesn’t loves me, all the time she scolds me.” Ria told her. “Don’t […]