ELDERLY WORRIES
Rameshbhai, 64 years old, a retired clerk from the State Bank of India, is sitting in the living room of his flat, worrying about how he would manage the house next month. He had failed to anticipate the rising costs…
WHERE HAS THE ROMANCE GONE?
Nirali lives opposite the Parimal gardens. It was the rainy season, and she spied some young couples enjoying a bhutta on the road. There was a lot of laughing and chirping, giggling and shyness in them, and life seemed without…
GIVE ME ATTENTION
It is 1.00 a.m., and Sarah Williams is in the midst of a group of men who are listening with rapt attention as she narrates an incident of how she was cheated while buying jewelry that afternoon. Her husband, Thomas,…
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Scene 1: October 1, 1999Niraj Choksi is sitting with his parents discussing the girl whom they had gone to meet for considering marriage. This was the 35th girl that he had seen in the last three years, and none of…