‘Once upon a time…’ holds promises that didn’t lend themselves to the birth of Labanya L, born the fifth daughter (in lieu of…)to a conservative Brahmin mathematician and his nearly illiterate wife. The Brahmin was handsome. The wife was not. Labanya L picked up bits and pieces of both and blossomed into a girl not-quite-notContinue reading “Doing Time…”
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A Sometimes Woman
Amounts…proportions… spices and a nonagenarian aunt (does one even use that word anymore?) how does one string all of those words together into a narrative? A dim lit corridor, sooty stain glass windows creating strange patterns on faces, hers and mine, especially on hers, as she walks up to greet a stranger that once wasContinue reading “A Sometimes Woman”
Chota Amma
Negotiating a new life isn’t easy, especially when you find yourself being driven down from the station in a jeep that raised red dust and pulled up suddenly in front of a mansion that wore the distinct look of a haunted house. Except, it had a lovely rose garden that was concealed from your viewContinue reading “Chota Amma”
Methinks... 