An open letter to Alka Rai, yes the girl who raised a war cry at her father’s funeral Hi Alka Today as we remember Colonel Rai on his martyrdom day, the movie “Uri” has led everyone in tears when they portrayed your story. You were little, just 11 years old but you sent shivers down […]
Postcard from P
Because we have stopped writing letters
Because i want to leave behind postcardsThe tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear,
Are your haunting ghosts tonight
Postcard From P: I don’t want to be Mrs Dsouza
Hi everyone. This postcard comes from hospital bed, so ignore the typos. It’s been two days i am admitted here with complaints of dizziness, unconsciousness and general lethargy. So here i share my ward with another occupant, one Mrs Dsouza who is here since a week. I sat down to write my journal, a habit […]
Postcard from P – Don’t let go of your “typewriter”
Dear little boys and girls Today i write a postcard to you where i talk about “your” typewriter. You know you will grow up reading, listening to the fact that you shouldn’t get attached to little things. Clinging on is a negative word, so i won’t use that. But you know, setting up little goals […]
I wish you stay: Postcard from P
To the ones reading this. This postcard comes after a long time. Somewhere all this time i could not write. Let’s talk about dreams today. Did you ever visit a place that made you crave that you could stay a little longer? May be you did. May be you don’t. There is just this feeling, […]
Postcard from P: We are lonely by choice #UrbanNomads
To the young girls and boys Today sitting alone in a café, having my third latte I want to talk about us- the urban nomads. In our quest to find us, somewhere we all are loners trying to breathe. You know cities can be the most lonely spaces in nights. I try to write and […]
Hey Beautiful…..Hey Sexy…..Ghar me Maa Behan nahi hai kya?
Its Rakshabandhan today and I see happy faces, with colored threads tied on wrists of brothers and sisters dressed in the best of their attires. The numerous stories that lead to the origin of Rakshabandhan as a festival, all have one theme in common- protection of a sister by his brother. But keeping the feminist […]
Because life is fucked up and Somedays never come: Postcard from P #TravelDiaries
To the young girls and boys This postcard comes after a long time.Today I want to tell you that life will never fail to abuse you.No one will come to your rescue and some may pretend to be there for you wholeheartedly. But no one eventually will. Your struggle is unique because it’s yours and […]
Postcard from P: I am there for you
Dear younger ones Today in this postcard i will not be talking about relationships. The first postcard of 2017 and it’s about those magical words. 2017 had a rocky start and somewhere i now know that life can never be perfect. It throws not lemons but stones and boulders and you definitely can’t make a […]
Postcard from P : You are not there to fix someone
Dear little boys and girls It’s been a long gap that i wrote a postcard to you. Sometimes i feel i have said it all and sometimes it occurs that i have said nothing. You will read these postcards even after i leave because words stay back. So, in your life you will always find […]
Postcard from P : Because Shitty things happen to beautiful people too
Dear little boys and girls (Too much of readers complained that i write postcards to only little girls. I am no Amitabh Bachhan so i address this postcard to all you young people) I have a habit of leaving things incomplete and so the last postcard was a while ago. I love writing postcards to […]