Dadi’s Story
We had just sat down to have our supper when there was a knock at the door. Ma opened the door. She came back with our neighbour Mumtaz uncle’s wife and an old lady, who had worn an overly faded cotton saree that would have been white before getting exposed to coalfield air. Close to … Read more
Real Beauty Decoded
On days that my granny was super happy, she would dole out blessings in tonnes. Quite a few revolved around me getting a beautiful wife. A kid that I was then, I would ask her how beautiful my future wife would be. Would she be as beautiful as Ma, I would ask. The answer was … Read more
It’s really hard to understand a woman
Accha aap bhi Dhanbad sey hain. Toh yahan gaon me aapki shadi kaise ho gayi? I had come along with my bhabhi to a neighbour’s house to get my phone charged. And now was caught up in this ladies chat. She would be my aunt in relation. But she was too young to be addressed … Read more
Mom and Maid
Now you thought your mom had competitive relations with the only other women in your life, your wife. “who else”, you ask. even though there is no other women in my life yet, i was still sandwitched in a duel where the parties were my mom and a women in house (not in my life … Read more
