General conversations and community discussions.
In class 7 in Hyderabad, my English teacher held up my notebook during a surprise check. She said, look at this, this is how a page should…
Jeddah doesn't get rain. We got 4 minutes of it in January and people filmed it. So I forget about the smell until I'm home in July. This…
My friend Naveen watched me eat a dosa for 3 years before he said anything. We were at a breakfast place near Ameerpet. He put his spoon…
In February I started drinking a full glass of water the second I wake up. Before tea, before my phone, before anything. I'd read about it…
Last Tuesday at 7:10 pm I came home from work and stepped out of the elevator. Somewhere down the hall a pressure cooker whistled. 3 times,…
At 25 I'd panic if Saturday had no plan. Friends, a movie, biryani somewhere, anything. An empty weekend felt like I'd lost something. I'd…
Last month I went to my old school near Narayanguda to collect a transfer certificate for my son's admission. The school building is still…
Last Tuesday I ran into Kashif outside a juice shop in Olaya. We were in the same class in school. I hadn't seen him in 11 years. We said…
For about 6 years the first thing I touched every morning was my phone. Before water, before the bathroom. I'd lie there with one eye open,…
In 2011 five of us drove to Nagarjuna Sagar in my friend's old Maruti. It was built for 4 people. The tape player had 1 cassette stuck…