Pakistan: A problem child of a troubled mother

It had been exactly an year since I had not visited my friend's home. Yes, he had traveled to UK for his higher studies, and yes, practically I had no reason to go to his place. But theoretically I had offended his mom and his kid sister. More so his kid sister because her supply of chocolates had been reduced drastically over the past one year. So when he finally came to India for visiting his family, I got an opportunity to wash away my theoretical sins and finally visited his home. "I am so sorry Gia, I could not visit you for so long, how are you?" I said, trying to sound like an 8 year old "This is not done, I won't...

Sacrificed Innocence

"I don't think she should be hearing all this, please send her in" Mom pleaded with my Dad. "She is a 9 year old girl, and she should know fully about the problems we face" He said, "Come out Paramita" He added in an affectionate but stern tone. "What can it be about?" I said to myself. "Have I done something which has caused embarrassment to the family? Anindita Ma'am did not even call Dad to school this time for not standing first in rankings at school, neither have I pulled hair of my sister Mishti in a long time". Hesitant and embarrassed,...

Taxonomy into 9

"Bhai......." My kid sister mumbled, perched on my lap and scratching her head "Yes" I said, expecting one more of her questions, which have increased many folds in her growing up years "You kept all nine fasts for this Navratri, right? and today is  the last day of it..?" "Yes, today is the last day of it, from tomorrow, you wont get to eat all the chocolate by yourself" "Today, mom called 9 girls to feed after some pooja, is that because 9 girls represent 9 Devis? "Yes" I literally exclaimed. "How do you know so much" asking her...

Fundamental Rights:Re-Defined

"So do you remember it now?" My mom said, with a smile, she knew she had won it,finally.. It has been more than 10  years since I last learnt them, our Fundamental rights, guaranteed to us by our constitution. To say the least, I was embarrassed , that all I could remember about them was their count i.e 6. My mom asked me, at least name them with proper definitions and I could only name 2-3 of them. 'Shame on you' she muttered as she went in fetched an old dust ridden Civics text book and asked me to skim through. Which I did....

Immobile life

10..9..8..7..6 Cutting through the late night traffic in Mumbai on my sweet pulsar I saw last few seconds of the traffic light being green before it turned red"I can make it, c'mon" I said under my breath5..4..3..2..1"Should I stop?""No I think I should move on""Oh shit, the car from other side has already started moving, SOS, apply breaks, quick quick quick""Why the F*** is my bike wobbling?""Oh shit,I have fallen down, why the hell ME, why  me GOD?" And there I was,down and out besides my bike right in the middle of the road under...

Women-The reason for our existence

Alright, I know, I have written so many blogs on the female variant of the species Homo-sapiens that I can claim expertise in it. However this time, its different(please don't consider this as just another marketing gimmick!). 8th March of every year is celebrated as International Womens day across the globe. I would not dwell into its history as it doesn't hold as much significance as the day itself. Many may consider it as a western world's just another reason for celebration. I would not disagree either, after all, all countries are...