“Maybe because I wanted to”
Nothing was familiar outside the house. The sun glared, and scolded me for not seeing him in so long. My eyes ached and squinted. Before they could adjust to the...
How an Engineering Student Wrote in English & Bought a Car
Mahesh (name changed) is an engineering drop-out from Bihar who found a way of making a living for sometime in Karnataka. This is his story as told to Rahul Suman....
Why a Malayalam Film is making me miss Bangalore
Moving to Hyderabad was a well thought out plan. I was mentally prepared to leave home, and emotionally desperate to. Though getting accepted by the University of my choice was...
Bangalore —> Dilli —> Bangalore <—> Dilli
When I found out that I'll be doing masters in Delhi, I saw a big genie, bum plopped on the edge of the horizon, laughing at me — a full-belied...
Between croaking cities and silent frogs
The croaking of frogs is first and foremost coastal, and only then usual. Mangalore coils and uncoils itself inside a mountain made of red mud. It is a strange city...
Hiking? Sorry, I’m too busy not being an outdoors person
“And you guys do this for FUN?!” I burst out as I stumbled clumsily onto the summit. I was spent. I could barely feel my legs, and I was sure...
LRB, BCL, BRB–at the British Library
There is an old man seated between two youngsters in the second row of tables. The students look mildly uncomfortable when the man plonks himself down between them but the...