Raised voices, angered expressions and bitter complaints. There were too many words spoken to make any sense. I, who always agreed, disagreed. She, who always understood, misunderstood.
It was a rotten phone call.
In utter confusion and helplessness of unexplained gestures; I asked her, “don’t you trust me?” And that’s when silence struck like a thunderbolt; the [...]
Aik Musaafir
Dhool se baney baadlon pe baitha
Soch raha hei
Laakhon meel jitney din guzar gaey us se miley
Us ne kaha tha
Kal Milein Gei
“Wok al kab aaey ga?
Kitney saarey dinon ke baad”
Is pe us ne
Narm Haathon se
Aik halki se
Khamoshi rakh di thi
Wohi khamoshi liye
Ab talak ghoomta hon mein
Us ne kaha tha
Mera aitabaar karma
“Aitbaar tau hei
Phir aisa kyoon?”
Is [...]
The sound of raindrops falling heavily over the wooden portico kept Kay awake late in the night. She kept telling herself it was the rain that had washed her sleep away, even though a stale taste of a rotten conversation with Johnston was still on her lips. It had been a long time since she [...]
EXT. PARK - AFTERNOON
MIKE HAYDEN, a fairly handsome man in his mid-twenties, walks alone down a busy path. He looks sad and lost in thought.
INT. MIKE’S BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
Mike is packing his clothes in a suitcase that lays open on his bed. He then stops and picks up the cordless phone off [...]
The train was slowing down and so was my heart. I didn’t know why I was coming back. The hope that brought me back was as feeble as a candle lit in a windstorm. But then, hope is like love, intoxicating. It makes all the windstorms seem like a vivid fallacy.
I hoped that she [...]
I am sorry, I can’t say those words. They are too difficult for my ego.
A cold fog rolls in and makes things invisible. Still, the pain solstice of her face tears apart the fog, and my heart too. It’s her pain, but is getting into my bones. I can see her swollen foot. I hurt [...]
FADE IN
EXT. CAFE REVERIE - EVENING
Its just after the rain; the sun hasn’t come out yet and the
streets are still wet. Some chairs are placed on the side
walk alongside the cafe window. A lamp post is just switched
on and is trying to wrap its hazy light around itself. A
fresh stream of fragrance flies in [...]
FADE IN
EXT. CAFE REVERIE - EVENING
There is a hint of sun’s presence behind the clouds that
have started gathering over the murky evening sky. It might
start raining anytime. There is just one table and a couple
of chairs placed on the sidewalk just outside the
restaurant. The lamp post is still asleep and there is
humidity in the air [...]
“You have beautiful eyes”, she heard a soft but profound voice of a man who seemed to have traveled a lot, knowing many places, people and dialects.
Even though she didn’t like the intrusion while she was out shopping for shades, she garnished a smile onto her lips and turned around, “thank you”, she uttered as [...]
She danced like a wild mare.
Her bare feet moved on that solid cold floor unwillingly and unintentionally, out of sheer habit of tapping on the beat of some provocative music. Her hands flickered in asymmetrical motion slitting that thick air filled with cigarette smoke and smell of cheap alcohol. She danced scarcely clad, with her [...]
Sunday, October 19, 2008
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