Right There

How often do we ignore things that are right in front of us, simply because it is right there?

Dystopia

Are they watching me?

Bengali – The Sweetest Language

Bengali is a language that puts you at ease, at home.. there are no squeaky doors or rough edges there. The vowels float in like soft music from an old record, and the consonants rain not onto a tin roof but as light thuds of bare feet on furry carpet.

Pretending To Be A Polyglot

I have no clear idea when I suddenly decided to become a polyglot, but I do know what it led to – in the two month summer vacation after 10th grade, I armed myself with a tiny booklet that vowed to teach the reader Tamil, and set off on the task.