Fun Mums onthewaybytheway Elder sisters are fun mums On the way to my parental house, is my brother’s house where my three nieces live. l often stops there for regular catching up. This time when I spent a few days with my nieces, all three are different age groups, l realized how girls are born” […]

Tughlaq onthewaybytheway A strange pull On the way to my everyday Delhi drivetime, lies the ruined fort of Tuglaqabad. My fascination for the fort makes me feel as if I have known Tuglaq personally in some era and that he welcomes in every time I go there. Often, I have spent time sitting and imagining […]

Shakir – Jakir onthewaybytheway On the way to Aurangabad, I stopped for chai at a small village named Udangaon. At the tea stall, I heard harmonium playing somewhere close by. My curiosity pulled me in the direction of the sound. I reached the place and surprisingly it turned outto bethe houseof local shayars- Shakir-Jakir , […]

Matchfixing onthewaybytheway In some parts of India, fate of two lives is still decided by two families like a business deal. On the way to Bikaner, I stopped for a stretch-my-bodybreak in Jhunjhunu . A group of villagers in colorful turbans, sitting in a circle as if attending a round table conference caught the attention […]

One Night Stand with GONDS On the way to my ancestral farmhouse, passing from Dhanoli village in Maharashtra, I spotted a house where this person lived who used to work in our farms many years back. I remembered that whenever l had met him in past, he would invite me to his home. So, this […]