
A spell under the Rainbow
This old wizened witch sat by the window Her black pointy hat had a wide gaping hole She was busy ...

Life’s Perils – A poem
There's something 'bout life's perils They keep coming back, of course they will But each time, the roles are changed ...

fish kochuri… a halloween recipe
i was sitting in front of my computer, working and completely absorbed, when it came out of nowhere and spooked ...

the man in the lift : chapter 1
celebrating the festival season with a brand new romance. enjoy the first sparks, back with more soon. he was the ...

what have they done to my iphone
my heart broke today when i opened world clock on my iphone after the latest 10 point whatever ios update ...

on the road with a memory
that year my father was the happiest man in all of assam, i'm quite sure. he had bought himself an ...

promises that won’t be kept
some promises will not be kept some truths so easily swept under carpets thickly plush and warm there will be ...

how perfect are some things
i was looking at this shot above when i suddenly thought of perfection. it's a simple iphone shot, a top ...

Matters of the heart
Call me old fashioned, but I have always liked love stories to have a tantalizingly slow build up. From irrational ...

Try and try – A pondering poem
An age old saying Memory would often feed Try and try And you will succeed I've often wondered Whether it's ...

“as wrinkled as my face…” a recipe for tomato mahasha
there are several tomato mahasha recipes on the net. they all sound pretty good. one of them particularly, since you ...

turmeric can make you ramble
that there could be a word for holud or haldi in english had never occurred to me. i was fourteen, ...

The melodious sound of the anklets
I never tire from hearing The melodious sound of the anklets Years since I've been wearing Beautiful pieces resting on ...

scrolling down twitter one morning
twitter is a funny place i see girls dying over tv drama lovers, sighing about their favourite heroes i see ...

Making of the Avakaya – The Mango Pickle
Whenever summer arrives, my mother starts worrying about getting things ready for the daunting task of making the mango pickle ...

Have you ever had dal baati?
Blame it on Sooraj Barjatya. Those loud hyper happy families with beautiful decked grand halls, curving stairways, women with stone jewellery, ...

have you ever had kheer komla?
if you're not bengali, you haven't probably heard of kheer komla. in english, i guess that would be condensed sweetened ...

The Yearning …
Ab ke baras bhej bhaiyya ko, babul Savan mein leejo bulaaye re ... This soulful rendering by Asha Bhonsle, from ...

I hate you – A love filled poem
In a world full of dishonesty and deceit With animosity and abhorrence all over replete You entered my life proving ...

on seeing facebook and remembering my grandmother
there was no facebook in my grandmother's time. when she made batches of a hundred pantuas, no one quickly went ...

shoe story
it was a difficult moment, really. i'd gone shopping with my friend, actually she was shopping and i was the ...

Barsaat ki yaad – Hindi poem
गीली मिट्टी की सोंधी खुशबू से एक याद चली आती है भीगती थी जब पानी में वो बरसात याद आती ...

Of Dreams and Disasters
"Elves," concluded Lazywiz. A man and a woman were crossing the street. They were both dressed in black overcoats, a ...