Tag vol2.2

Walls

  Irked by a headache Revati shuts the file. It’s three o’clock. “During winter, time doesn’t seem to move beyond three. So many hours before it’s five,” says Bharati, who is typing, next to her. Revati, smiling softly, says: “That’s…

Lanka Lakshmi

The plays of C.N.Sreekantan Nair ushered in a change in the Kerala theatre scene. Lankalakshmi is the second play of a trilogy of plays on Rama, the hero of the Ramayana. The first of the plays is titled Saketham and…

His Ways 

He was currently into Indology followed, neck to neck, by Egyptology. He kept his mind agile through unusual pursuits that placed him diagonally opposite unusual women and then he inched his way forward by a strategy he had perfected through…

The Price

She sat before the inner sanctum of the Ardhanareeswara temple, binding koovala leaves into garlands. The young man asked, “What are these garlands for?” She said, “To adorn the deva. I sell them to devotees for a price.” “Give me…

The Dregs of the day

  The newspaper lies in a messy heap on the dining table. The sports page which had been pulled out by Ashish, has rolled down and settled on the carpet dogeared and stained. The tomato sauce has left a blood…

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