He Was Her Husband’s Colleague But Who Was He Actually?
Some relationships are thus born, When the heart is with love-torn, To be with the beloved is the burning flame, And they often come together under a name. Some relationships, we hold no sway, Because they arrive naturally our way, By birth, arrangement or call it fate, Joy and sorrow, all in the plate. Yet …
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Child Sexual Abuse: I Was Sexually Abused By A Family Member
Durga Pujo vacation was around the corner and I had a spring in my steps because the festivities for the Bengalis were about to begin, and I was soon to revel in it, breaking the drudgery of my school life – class tests and studies and endless activities. I was a 13-year-old girl studying in …
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He would abuse and then apologise – I got trapped into this vicious cycle
(As told to Saurabh Paul) I fell in love with the image he showed me It all began with a crush in college: those furtive glances which suggest that two young people are fancying each other. Soon, familiarity grew, and not many days after, friends became a couple. I had a middle-class upbringing and he …
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वो मुझे मारता था और फिर माफ़ी मांगता था–मैं इस चक्र में फंस गई थी
(जैसा सौरभ पल को बताया गया) मैं उस छवि से प्यार कर बैठी जो उसने मुझे दिखाई ये सब शुरू हुआ था कॉलेज के एक साधारण से क्रश से जब दो लोग एक दुसरे को चुपके चुपके निहारते है और एक दूसरे के बारे में सोचते अपना पूरा दिन भी निकाल देते हैं. उन दिनों …
वो मुझे मारता था और फिर माफ़ी मांगता था–मैं इस चक्र में फंस गई थी Read More »
We couldn’t marry because of family “honour”
It was a foggy, cold January morning in Delhi, when I reached the airport to board my flight for Mumbai. Standing in the queue to collect my boarding pass, I noticed a lady whom I thought I knew quite well. I had not seen her face properly till then, but told myself, half in excitement …
The Sisters
“Your love has spoilt our only daughter Tina!” Mrs. Gupta often used to shout at her husband. “She will always be the cynosure of my eye,” Mr. Gupta would reply every time. Tina was her father’s indulged daughter; everyone knew that: all in the family, her acquaintances. Why not? She was the only daughter of …
Standing tall
We both accounted for a mere five feet and a few inches: but that is where the resemblance ended. He was sharp, confident while I was shy. He stood tall even in his short stature while I found my diminutive build menacing. And today, he has climbed the professional and social ladder quite quickly; and …
Burkha – a fictional story
Image credit Circa 2010, Shastrinagar, Uttar Pradesh…. The event that sparked off violence in this small town was an irresponsible mischief, or more probably an act willfully committed to incite communal unrest. The carcass of a cow, apparently slaughtered for consumption, was awfully discovered outside the oldest temple in the town by one of its …
She is elated when I am happy
I love reading- she is much better avoiding it, unless it cannot be helped. She loves travelling –I am not too much of a ‘travel-fan’ as I feel it drains me of my depleted weekend-energy after a hectic week. I love sports, she appreciates music more. She loves shopping- I almost freak out at such …