He raised his hand to suavely flick his hair (he made a show of the fact that he was one of the very few who still had it. On the head I mean. We have it everywhere else by now but not where you’d like it), and made a gesture towards someone behind me.
Read More Rumor Most BaldTragedy came to my house last week Sir. One night I got up to go to the toilet and I saw this woman, with full blue light on her face. I was thinking, shameless wife, watching blue film. But No Sir. There were two people on the screen.
Read More Radio People, SirA balding man, with a small ring of hair lazily elegant on his severe forehead, adorned with a paunch that seemed to protrude into the Hyderabad skyline and holding a menacing cycle chain no less.
Read More zara joru thagginchu KhanuuThere were other things we had in common though, Mysori Bajji with pieces of green chilli secured as if they were hidden treasure within, MS Dhoni’s over reliance on spin, Classic Milds and Blender’s Pride Reserve Collection aged 6-8 months.
Read More Two turds in a bowlA receipt of joy unfurled itself from the folds of the card machine. We both watched in wonder as if we were seeing it happen for the first time.
Read More PoizinThe supermarket’s giant mouth devoured them in. With the steady stream of people walking in and out, huge shopping bags, squealing kids, the sound of unlocking cars, the black plastic cover was soon out of sight.
Read More The Black Plastic CoverThe rasam was passed down to me and I let some flow over my plate. Rich and aromatic, I could tell the cook had surpassed himself. White shards of coconut floated around the surface, adding their own to the flavor. Tiny seeds of mustard clung onto curry leaves like shipwrecked survivors clutching at a raft.
Read More Ramu & Shamu’s Excellent Food AdventureWith great care, she extricated the sari that was under her husband’s stomach. He liked to wrap himself in her fabric sometimes while sleeping. He was romantic that way.
Read More The Marital ClockNormally used to hearing the chomp-chomp of only the food in my mouth, I was surprised to hear, minutes later, an after-sound. Was it an echo from my mouth?
Read More Food for LoveHe looked like someone who could get an entire country drunk first and then bankrupt it, fleeing to another country at the end of it all.
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