the-Catapult

Every office of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has a control room. And a control room is not an ordinary office room. It is a place that functions round the clock, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. After all, it is a paramilitary force, and emergencies do... [Read More]

Some people in this world are born to give succour to others. I seem to be one of them, the difference being that, my succour is not for humans, but birds and animals. The lost & stray birds and animals somehow find their way to me. One rainy day, a... [Read More]

A city like Mumbai is famous for its heavy traffic and resultant traffic jams. Though I live in Navi Mumbai, a relatively better planned suburb of Mumbai, with wider roads and lesser congestions, yet the traffic at peak hours is always more and the wait at the traffic signals during... [Read More]

नई-नई शादी हुई और मैं ससुराल पहुँची। जैसे हर नई दुल्हन होती है—थोड़ी शर्माती है, कम बोलती है, ज़्यादा सुनती है और आसपास के लोगों को जानने-समझने की कोशिश करती है। मैं भी इसी प्रयास में लगी थी। [Read More]

One loved me from the moment our eyes met, I loved the other before we’d even met. [Read More]