As a child, one of the perks of having an elder sibling was that I learnt something new everyday. I must have been only seven when I...

A few nights ago, I sat through what can be called a modern-day cult film. Wasn't my first time, won't be my last. It's an easy...

My earliest memory with my father is that of him following me around like paparazzi, camera in hand, as I danced around while reciting...

I have this gruesome habit of picking at my bruises. Ever since childhood, I have been digging at my scabs until they're bloody. I can't...

In a single week, two individuals have reached out to me unexpectedly. Folks I know from a long time ago. Some of the smartest, most...

It started in the evening. My mood level hit the month's lowest tonight. For no particular reason. It may well be hormones, but I've got...

I think I was five. Primary school finished earlier than the higher classes, so Ma had picked me up. We'd routinely have fun without the...

No. That's all I've been saying when they ask me if I'm hungry. I can't remember the last time I had lunch, what they'd consider lunch at...

I love the study table in my room. I was barely eleven when we decided to replace the old one. Knowing that I'd be the one spending the...

I first experienced loss when I was 11. A batchmate, a girl no older than 13. I don't quite remember how I reacted, but I remember being...

I don't like hospitals. Nobody does, yes. But besides the time they squirted water into my ears, a procedure I can only presume to have...

I hadn't realized how much I missed evening strolls in my city until I finally got to do it again. I began stepping down soon after the...

At 13, a reading assignment brought me my first encounter with love. A Shakespearean masterpiece, containing a dialogue that has been...

I'm inexplicably fascinated with fire. No, I'm not a pyromaniac, and no, I don't need help. But something about a flame calls to me -...

Some people would say I don't have a sense of humor. Not in a I-can't-take-jokes-without-getting-offended way, but in a...

I don't usually watch trending entertainment. The kind that goes viral? The only way I know it's the new big thing is by way of memes, if...

I don't really remember how we spent Diwali when I was younger. We tried to fly out to my grandparents and have a big family celebration....

It was 2012, or some year around that time. A time where afternoons meant cricket and evenings called for badminton. Summers brought with...

Lately, I have had many musings that I've wanted to put down, but I haven't. Some, because I couldn't find it in me to sit down in front...

There was this game I made up as a child. I organized my best stationery, files, and occasionally an inoperative telephone on a desk, and...