Walking through the narrow path with graves on both sides made me realise that many lay buried there during the last fifty years. The silent path we used to take some five and half decades ago, as a shortcut to the locality where we lived, had vast open ground around…

I was surprised to find Reddy waiting at our outer gate after ringing the calling bell. I beckoned him in and made him sit, though hesitatingly more out of courtesy as I could not have asked him the reason for his uncalled for visit keeping him standing outside. I did…

I was pacing up and down restlessly that afternoon on the platform of Aurangabad railway station at the unexpected cancellation of the Hyderabad bound express train some twenty three years ago. Our family of six had confirmed reservation in the train, cancelled due to a lightning strike by a section…

A young girl wearing a black hijab with her face uncovered approached me and said “Uncle, will you please help me?” “What can I do for you?”, I asked. “Please come with me to my department and just give the impression that you are my father.” She said casually. “What do you mean?” I asked, perplexed. The place was a reputed Engineering College with many students and parents standing here and there to complete the annual student registration formality. One of the parents or guardians should accompany their wards every year to sign as an identification in the college records. I happened to be in the…

Veturi was an acclaimed film lyricist. He was a much admired and much sought-after film poet who churned out lyrics with ease for a great number of popular songs with his innate style and lyrical beauty using words inventively with puns, suggesting different meanings and inferences at the same time…