kaapi aaytha?

“tap..taptap..tap!!”
“Oh! please…God, why are you doing this thing to me?!?”
“tap..tap..tap!”
 
I get off the bed muttering obscenities and look outside the window. There he was trying to bend the branch of nandabattlu down so that he could pluck flowers.
Since the nandabattlu shrub was just next to my room window..I was inevitably woken up everyday morning!
 
I don’t [...]

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The American Life

A couple in their 50s is climbing the hill with a dog which looks sickly. In the steepest part of the hill…the sickly dog decides to prove that it has a sense of humor too. So it goes on to the side of the recreational route and poops on the brown wood chips.
Now the wood [...]

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Another day in paradise…

There is nothing like a sea-side breeze to make your belly rumble. It was a sunny Saturday; Saif and I were driving on the highway Cabrillo, alongside the coastline. We stopped and rambled at three beaches and passed by a dozen more. The view was breath taking with green pastures on one side and the [...]

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A putz…

 I stumble across the laptop cable and Saif goes “You are the real Bridget Jones!!!”
 
I skid on the kitchen floor and empty all the dry fruits on Saif’s lap and he goes “you are the real Bridget Jones!”
 
I open the car door stylishly and hit the door against a sports car! Saif is banging his [...]

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When Imagination intrudes on Reality..

The cup was exquisite; small with beautiful gold and brown patterns at the rim. The saucer had the same designs on it edges.
 
The cup was full with dark choclateey brown thick liquid. A small whisk of smoke was slowly uncurling itself…like a dame waking up from slumber…I look at it-suspicious and excited all at once.
 
The [...]

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tip tip barsa paani….

The radio woman says its gonna rain today.I look outside the kitchen window and see puffy clouds covering the mountain top (We have a beautiful view of mountains from our kitchen).There is a strong wind and I see trees swaying-There is something about rains which appeals to me.I love the smell of the cool breeze just [...]

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A passing thought..

Ladies room,Bangalore International Airport.
My nose is running and my eyes are watering.No! I was not cutting onions in the airport ladies room.I was just feeling emotional about leaving my family behind to join my husband in the US.I look at the mirror to see a girl with disheveled hair and red watery eyes.As I reach for [...]

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