Ariel on lockdown

“Come, Ariel. Time for your walk.” Startled, I raised my head and saw a face, mouth and nose hidden behind a white cloth, a pair of spectacles guarding the eyes that bore into me. Struck dumb with fear, tail tucked between my hind legs I was about to bolt when my keen sense of smell … Continue reading Ariel on lockdown

Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi

We; a group of a dozen brothers, sisters, cousins and their spouses; boarded the Metro at Patel Chowk and disembarked a few minutes later at Chawri Bazar. Stepping out of the state-of-the-art station we landed in a bedlam of motor cars, auto-rickshaws, peddle-rickshaws, bicycles, pushcarts and pedestrians, to say nothing of the stray dogs and […]