“The Face At The Window” by Kiran Manral. Synopsis: The story takes us back in time, to the life of Mrs. McNally, who is at the fag end of her life. Her life has held many secrets and she is wondering whether she should document her life story for her daughter and granddaughter to know […]
Author: Sunita Saldhana
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Book Review: “Voyagers into the Unknown “ by Ruchira Khanna
Voyagers Into The Unknown by Ruchira Khanna Synopsis The story is about Raj, the owner of a tourist firm who believes he can change the lives of his clients for the better. So he only takes on those clients who have suffered some personal loss or trauma and need emotional healing. It is the […]
Shifting my blog to my new website
First of all I want to say, “Thank you”.Thank you for following my writing on “The quill of the phoenix.” Thanks for all the lovely comments and the encouragement. However, I am shifting this to my new website Sunitasaldhana.com. So please do follow my writings there. There is a lot of new stuff; a lot of […]
Anmol
The phone shrills. I smile as I pick it up. It is a call I have been expecting. “Sunita, please speak to your student,” says Anuja, Anmol’s mother as soon as I picked up the phone. “He refuses to even have his breakfast without talking to you.” “I was going to call in a while. […]
Are you going to kill me?
Are you going to kill me? I really don’t want to die. I’d rather run through the grass And pretend that I can fly. Are you going to kill me? I really don’t want to die. I have so much I want to learn, So many things to try. Are you going to kill me? […]
Today
Today so much has happened. They say we have reached Mars. And somewhere else a filmstar And a newspaper clash over bras. Jammu and Kashmir still Suffer the aftermath of the flood, And someone posts on facebook An urgent need for blood . My neighbour and Bhajiwallah Bargain over the price, While the crows create […]
Letting You Fly
We reached the garden. You saw the gigantic metal giraffe painted in red and yellow and green. Colours designed to attract every little soul who entered the garden. Without warning you left my hand and ran to the giraffe. Before I realised it your feet were on the first rungs of the bars that made […]
Talking About Periods
Recently I have read a number of articles that were shared by my friends on facebook regarding menstruation. Surprisingly, they were all shared by male friends and were all related to women being open to talking about menstruation and their periods. I really can’t understand what the big deal is. What is it we should […]
Futility
One by one, they crumble The relationships built over years. You thought that each brick was cemented with love and trust And suddenly As if there has been a terrible earthquake It all comes tumbling down With bricks of memories scattered around Waiting for your heart to stumble over and start bleeding all over again. […]