He was standing outside this beautiful monastery. A fresh water stream flowed by his feet down to the valley. He was on top, literally, on top of a hill. He preferred mountains but he could adapt, make do with whatever life threw at him. He couldn’t make lemonade but he could be okay with things […]
Month: May 2019
The Last Sip of Sehri
The Last Sip of Sehri Flashback to the 90s – It was a custom in our particular household that I happen to recall as I type this. Each Ramzan every morning, during ‘Sehri’ times, there was a custom we followed. Sehri or Suhoor is the time before dawn when you stock up on whatever you […]
The Curse of Aphrodite
She fell in love and never got over it. She had always been unlucky in love but was that a coincidence or something sinister at play?
- Let me speak
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Of Tall Tales And My Grandfather
My earliest memory of my grandfather is when I was 4 years old. My mom had given me a bath and I ran away to dry off into my grandfather’s well lit room. Since, I was apparently in my birthday suit, he was shocked, all six feet of him, but I was in the mood […]