Message in a Bottle

Monsoon is Coming

The farmers gaped under the hot summer sun, while their crops withered. The impending black clouds made them believe in miracles again.

Old is Gold

I woke up to the cries of an old rickshaw driver. Two passengers, about my age or maybe younger, were arguing with him about the fare while continuously calling him a 'buddha'. The rickshaw guy could do nothing but just take the money offered and go away. I don't know what the deal was or who was at fault, but those guys shouldn't have called the rickshaw driver 'old'.
 When the elderly, who have seen it all before, are not respected, then it is time for them to pass gently into that good night, and leave the darkness to the fallen. Fear for a future without the past, because without the past there is no future.

Why I love X-Men

X Men is my favourite comics. The concept of black, white and grey is explored in depth (Read: Magneto). I doubt there's any storyline that has so many important female characters or a beautiful love story (Read: Rogue and Gambit) or for that matter addressed so many social issues (Racism, Religion, Gay Marriages etc.). It has laid a lot of emphasis on the concept of equality but to me equality is not a concept; it's not something we should be striving for but it's a necessity. The imbalance that is in every culture is sucking something out of the soul of every person who's confronted with it. We need equality and it can happen only if we start treating others as our equals.

Six Word Stories

“I’ve a headache.”

That’s her excuse.

"Friends Forever!"
"Your words hurt me."

Even in light, he found darkness.

“I just wanted to…”

“Please leave!”

‘We’re together’ just became ‘were together’

"Congratulations! It's a girl."
"Again? Damn!"

Time is the measurement of decay.

Management

Kids threw paper balls at him and he used them to practice sums. Poverty had taught him resource management even before he knew its meaning.