Tag Archives: memory

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle #8*

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Aditi

a few weeks ago you were in the forest wandering among the silk cotton trees, their flaming red flowers littered on the path mirroring the passion in you; the various birds flitting on their branches calling softly to you, while … Continue reading →

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Timbuktu

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Aditi

A couple of days ago you invited me to join you in Timbuktu, a bar we had visited before, several times; As we entered, the place was a little crowded and Imagine Dragons sang Not Today in the background. The … Continue reading →

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A Travelers Guide to Adventure

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Aditi

For the safest, most memorable, most adventurous travel experience you must Have an insurance policy, preferably one which will take care of health, accidents, loss of luggage, heart, mind and happiness on those days when the adventure seems unbearable and … Continue reading →

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A room without a view

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Aditi

there is an elephant in one of the rooms inside my head. it’s big, with old, gentle eyes and ears that flap like flags in the wind; and clean, sharp tusks that belie its calm demeanour. the mahout displays him … Continue reading →

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Forest Fires

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Aditi

there are days when you wish you could become empty. you wish you could be drained off everything that everyone hears when they speak to you – the copious stories they call thought coiled into each other born from your … Continue reading →

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Wishes

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Aditi

for all who lay around me withered, and lost to those who once knew who they were, and now barely remember for all the moments captured in the roots of trees hidden, and growing away below thick trunks, that have … Continue reading →

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Anemoia

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Aditi

Inspired by ideas in “Kafka on the shore” and “A hundred years of solitude”. during the monsoons when it rains as if you only have to wait long enough and everything would end – life, love, pain, fear – time … Continue reading →

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Shades of gray

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Aditi

I created memories from thin air, Breathing deeply while you were near, And hid them inside me, Whispy popcorn balls of smell and touch. When I later tried To hold them in my hands, The memories erupted Into dreams and … Continue reading →

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Closeness

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Aditi

Being with you, Is like being in the memoryless state Just before I fall asleep; When the windows to my face Have been pried apart And my eyes are wide open, While the body has lost all awareness Of everything … Continue reading →

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