11 essays
The Ancestor Essays
Grandmothers, grandfathers, and the rooms they left behind.
September 5, 2025 · 830 words
LoveThe Object Decides How It Reveals Itself
Some objects refuse to tell you what they are. They wait until the right moment to show themselves.
September 10, 2025 · 482 words
CatsMy Cat Turned Into a Groom and I Became the Mother-in-Law
This December, I may be promoted to cat grandma.
September 12, 2025 · 831 words
HumorAn Obituary for the Man Who Carried Too Much. My Tau Mamu
A tribute to my favorite guy: Tau mamu filled my childhood with mangoes, laughter, and safety, yet fought a silent war that ended in…
September 18, 2025 · 1,240 words
FamilyWhere the Lanes Still Remember Us
A mosque and adjoining graveyard in a quiet village.
September 26, 2025 · 893 words
MotherhoodThe Woman Not Called Durga
A goddess is not always carved in stone. Sometimes she is a widow with eight children and ten invisible arms.
November 18, 2025 · 1,077 words
GodThe Lahab Within
Pride doesn’t shout; it flickers! in brilliance, in envy, in the quiet moments we forget to bow.
November 20, 2025 · 773 words
DreamsScientific Explanation of Why I Can’t Wake Up on Time
A letter to my very Indian mother with chappal throwing skills of an Indian Cricketer.
December 5, 2025 · 1,017 words
Mental HealthWhy Overthinkers Would Survive the Apocalypse
And make even the zombies reconsider their life choices.
December 23, 2025 · 689 words
GodA Letter to My Ancestors
I Have Issues and It’s Your Fault.
March 2, 2026 · 1,199 words
PhilosophyHer First Word Wasn’t What I Hoped to Hear
How I learned that what we call destiny is often just familiarity
June 10, 2026 · 1,079 words
PhilosophyDear Ancestor, Explain Yourself
A formal complaint regarding civilization.