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  • Solace in the Mundaneness – Marie Biscuits

    Solace in the Mundaneness – Marie Biscuits

    Since childhood, I have seen, Marie biscuits have secured a safe place in the house, As the head of the family always Demands for a couple of them While sipping the garam chai In the morning, and in the evening. Generation after generation It has become a ritual now To grab the jar of Marie…

  • Solace in the Mundaneness – Letters from the Lonely Postbox

    Solace in the Mundaneness – Letters from the Lonely Postbox

    There is a small room in my heart that belongs to the lonely postbox, my childhood. It keeps sending letters to me so that the little child in me never grows too old to become a perfect fit in this world of wisdom and logic and opinions and justification and all those big, big things.…

  • Solace in the Mundaneness – The Kakatua Taught Me how to Balance

    Solace in the Mundaneness – The Kakatua Taught Me how to Balance

    One of the neighbors of the houses in front of ours Bought a Kakatua. One day, while walking in the courtyard, I saw the bird, And the cockatoo instantly grabbed my attention. It was trying to balance in the ring it was sitting Imprisoned inside the big cage Which was hanging from their balcony It…

  • Solace in the Mundaneness – The Jar of Light

    Solace in the Mundaneness – The Jar of Light

    I bought a jar of toffees. Four of us had them Whenever we needed something sweet to munch One day, I saw the empty jar It found a place in the corner of the home Where rubbish is kept. Looking at the empty jar An idea came to my mind And I told it to…

  • Solace in the Mundaneness – The Ingredients of Happiness

    Solace in the Mundaneness – The Ingredients of Happiness

    Maa was cooking in the kitchen The smell of the foods being prepared in the oven Came to me with a message “It seems like today’s menu is going to be great” I thought for a while. The next moment I remembered, How difficult was it for her To cook even a single meal a…