Archive for May, 2008

Cut down your tree

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

The leaves fall and litter you neighbour’s courtyard. Stop the daily quarrels; cut down your tree for peace in the neighbourhood.  The branches are a threat to the overhead electric cables. Cut them down for safety’s sake.   You nurtured it lovingly for so many years. The first blossoms made ...

A wail of a flight

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

  I hate early morning flights, because it means losing several hours of sleep. That morning I was particularly tired and determined to get two full hours of sleep during the flight to Kolkata from Delhi. I did not carry a book and deliberately refused a window seat so as ...