Our bank locker was filled with certificates, land deeds, and other documents. And most importantly, it held most of my wife’s jewelry. She hardly wore them and there were times for them to be taken out and worn on special occasions. Such an occasion was a few days away. But…

Bombay | May 26, 19806:40 PM It was another hectic day for Vasu, the lanky art director, at H&H Advertising. He calls such evenings “Ad Infinitum.” Revisions, corrections, brainstormings, and what-nots. They arrive when he is about to call it a day. Always. Looks like his date and movie at…

Things happen. Sometimes those things may make you happy or make you worry. Sometimes they happen to be really strange stuff that makes no sense at all. Prologue Some strange incidents in his life prompt Manu Mohan, the son of a rich rubber planter from Kanjirapally, Kerala, to have a keen…

Interviewed by Sharath Bhat Independent Writing and Editing Professional in Bengaluru, India “Life is about more than work or possessions.It’s also about seeking purpose, meaning, and fulfillment.” The Artist’s Road Baltimore based adman and conceptual artist Mathew Mathew spends a major part of his time designing ads and newsletters, painting…

Prologue: Joe Jordan, a broadcast journalist, tired of reporting the usual happenings in the city (murders, robbery, rape, fire, etc.), is about to quit his job. Then out of the blue it happens. Joe gets a phone call that a man is kidnapped. The kidnapper, Ryan Moss, is a killer…

Monsoon in Kerala brings forth torrential rains.It may disrupt normal life for most people.With flooded rivers and roads, travel can be a difficult undertaking.  The Bad Samaritan On a cold January night a flat tire forced Dan Williams to stop his BMW X5 on Black Canyon Freeway (I-17) just an…

The monsoon comes with teeth. It lashes the coast with rain, howls through the coconut groves, and churns the Arabian Sea into a restless beast. To most, it is a warning. To Kerala’s fishermen, it is a call. In a small hamlet near Vizhinjam, Sethu grabs his oar, and steps…

Watercolor illustration | Pope Francis

A fallen pine tree by a stream in the West Kill mountains, NY. Medium: Watercolor | Paper: Arches Cold Press The stream ends up in the West Kill River. The West Kill flows for 11 miles before entering Schoharie Creek just below the village of Lexington. Wild trout are found…

Methodist Church on Spruceton Road, West Kill. West Kill is a hamlet of Lexington, Greene County, NY.