Leela had been living in Flat 4B for twenty-three days when the woman next door came to borrow salt. By then, she had learned the apartment’s small betrayals. The kitchen tap had to be turned halfway and then pulled gently, or it spat water onto her cotton saree. The balcony door stuck in the evenings, Read more…

Rootless and Restless Book: A Journey Beyond Ordinary Travel There are travel books that make you want to check flight prices. Then there are books that make you wonder what travel is really supposed to do to a person. As a book, Rootless and Restless by Shivya Nath seems to fall into the second category. Read more…

People Are Lonely Because They Build Walls Instead of Bridges – Joseph F. Newton People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. Joseph F. Newton Loneliness is rarely an accident. Most of the time, it’s the slow consequence of choices we barely notice making. Joseph F. Newton’s line captures that truth in a Read more…