I have been born and brought up in Thane. Though today it is a bustling metropolis, fifty odd years ago it was a small cluster of villages and everyone knew everyone. I loved the fact that hens and ducks and pigs roamed the streets and that you could hear the church bell peal in the…
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I walk through the house Listlessly It seems so big somehow And so empty. I strain my ears. Is that your voice I hear? That laugh that was so typically you. I close my eyes and I can breathe in the scent of your body, Feel its warmth surrounding me. I reach out and…
Read moreThis post is written in response to a prompt on Friday Reflections on Write Tribe The prompt was “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero No Books!?! “Get up” My mother in law shook me awake. It was the day after my wedding. I sat up sleepily and…
Read moreThe other day, I was watching the movie, “The Sound of Music”. It is one of my favourite movies and I can watch it over and over again. I love all the songs of course, but one that I particularly relate to is the one Julie Andrews sings when she leaves the convent for the…
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