Mortality And Life

Yesterday was my 60th birthday and I had great plans for the day. I was on my way to Matheran where I was to conduct a writer’s retreat. As we climbed the ghats, a close friend called me to wish me. Hearing her cheerful voice made me smile. Though it also made me a bit…

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For a reason, for a season

Have you ever wondered why some people (both the two legged and the four legged) come into your life, and just when you get really attached to them, they leave? My daughter says they come to teach you something or give you something you need at that point in your life. And sometimes you are…

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Of Pigeons and the Universe

This morning, Muffin chased and caught a pigeon. This was the first time she had ever done something like that!  Though I yelled at her to let it go, she held on to it tenaciously. It was only when I whacked her hard on her rump, that she dropped it. Of course by then the…

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