(Artwork by Ashwin Pandya) One of the difficulties Monal of three faced was her lack of ability to convey to her Mamma some of the things that she wanted […]

    (Artwork by Ashwin Pandya) One of the things that Monal ached for at age four was a certain pair of slippers in a particular colour. She got this bug from the local maid who owned a pair. They were made of hard plastic and the colour was akin to a fluorescent pink in a style that separated the big toe from the rest. It even made a sound as the […]

                                                     (Artwork by Ashwin Pandya) She loved the smell of old books and diaries. All of eight, Monal chanced upon a long pressed piece of paper from her Mamma’s brown diary which sort of read that her grandma had committed suicide along with her lover. It was […]