He came early that day. Unlike a normal day he decided to cook. He scanned the fridge and found there were spring onions and nothing else. He asked himself if he needed to go and buy something. He decided not. He took one spring onion and looked at it and smiled.“I wonder what you are thinking now. Are you happy to get out of the … Continue reading Fixing it | 365 Flash Fiction | 65
I always write poetrywhen the day comes to a closeMaybe poems written at the end of the dayare forced to live for an eternity Who cares if a poem lives on ?Who cares if anything lives on ?Every thing needs to expire..an expiry date. even unknown oneto finish. to die.. Lack of Death is the biggest sufferingLife is beautifulBut lack of death; it can be … Continue reading 16/365 You don’t agree – Poetry
How long do we have? How many weeks more? I read Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 weeks when it came out in 2021, during the pandemic. Yes, from the time we are born and if we were to live till 80 we will have lived a little over 4000 weeks. I turned fifty that year and found that I only had 1500 weeks left. 4000 felt less … Continue reading Our Limitedness
I grew up in Kerala, India without really knowing about Valentine’s day. In fact the only things being celebrated in the west that I was aware of was Christmas and New Year and Easter. None of the other days were known to me. You could call it my lack of reading. Now it looks like everything has a day for itself. The first time I … Continue reading Valentine’s day From India to America.
I don’t believe in a God or a supreme power; But I trust (and can fully give) in the love that many people (I know), get from their faith in a God or Supreme Power or spirituality or what ever they have faith in. I am an atheist; but for me ‘Love’ is an emotion for which I don’t really care the source/belief/idea/imagination from which … Continue reading Love at the time of Tolera(nce)
We have all been reading in news that in India there are cases of “religious conversion and marriage” or “marriage and religious conversion”. I don’t know the order in which the events happen. One of the cases that has been in the limelight in Kerala is about Fadia and again there are two sides of the argument. There is one side that says that it … Continue reading Love, Marriage, Religious Conversion and Underwears
I love it because it is as it is I have loved it because it is as it is and I will love it because it is as it is So why do I love? I love it because It gives me a purpose to live a reason to not change myself a need to do more than I can do to push the envelope … Continue reading I love it – National Poetry Month – Day11
Is there a way in which you should live? If yes, how boring would that be knowing that this is how it should go this is how it should happen and this is how it should end After All, why would you want your life to be the rerun of a lost game You should look around and say “Fuck You! because it ain’t yours it … Continue reading Take That Trip Today!!!!!!
“Dad” She asked him “Yes dear” he replied “Can Dogs and elephants be friends?” She asked pointing at the picture on the wall He looked at the picture; it also said it was drawn by a fifth grader. “Very nice” He thought He looked at his daughter and said “Sure they can but why do you ask?” She walked closer to the picture and said … Continue reading The dog and the elephant – 365 Flash Fiction #53
Today is the world Poetry Day (March 21 in India so Today though in US it is tomorrow)….. Poetry has given me a meaning that I never knew existed… and there is one person to whom I am indebted for the same… So today I write about love… a similar strain of thought in three different languages… They are not exact translations but have a … Continue reading World Poetry Day – A thought in 3 languages
Vinod Narayan 