Born Spectator

07:00 The boats have returned to the shores of the Arabian Sea and are pulled up far back on the beach, far enough to keep them dry even whe...

“Did you know that cleanliness is next to godliness?” it asked him, hoping to strike a conversation. It knew that the task ahead was arduo...

“Hey, you got a minute?” she called out to him. Her voice seemed raspy from days of non-stop counting, as if they were spent measuring eac...

“Do you have feelings?” she asked. He was a bit perplexed with this seemingly innocuous question: “What do you mean? Everybody has fee...

He looked out to the street swelling with pride. Spring was in the air, rains from the day before could still be felt on the skin, and the...

While the whole world was silent, there was a whirring noise coming from a nondescript corner of the reticent house. All one could see of ...

“You need to take a shower,” she said matter-of-factly. “I had my shower in the morning, and you don’t need to remind me about tomorro...

“आज ही है। शाम को सात बजे। जाकर तमन्ना पूरी कर लेना।” “तुम्हें कैसे पता बे?” “अमा यार, कहते हैं तो सुना करो। गर्ल्स हौस्टल की गतिविधियो...

“Don’t you like me?” asked the voice. He paused, heaved a deep sigh, and attempted to hide the pensiveness in his look. This wasn’t a ...

“Do you see how I spread light in your life?” she said gleefully. “ Tamaso mā jyotirgamaya or whatever, taking you from the darkness to l...