Category Archives: The Lifeoholic Series

Kashmir ki Wadiyan

Visiting Kashmir in July last year was a unique experience. We have visited many hill stations in the last 20 years, but this was different. Kashmir is a bundle of beauty, magnificence and anxiety. A place where you can feel love and hatred in the same frame, a place where fear and bliss live together,Continue reading “Kashmir ki Wadiyan”

Cityscape

I particularly like the view – shot from St James Quarters while returning from office, this was an unexpected encounter with the landscape of Edinburgh City Centre. Busy, bustling with usual evening chores, people thriving through traffic though pleasing enough to walk through the local stores and watch the sun settling down nicely enough toContinue reading “Cityscape”

Paradise in Mayhem – S01E02

Love Cathy met Jacob when she was 5 years old. He was 11 then and used to spend a lot of time in his father’s bakery which was just adjacent to Cathy’’s. Their parents have been running the bakery business since the last 30 years, and have seen the worst since. Jacob lost his fatherContinue reading “Paradise in Mayhem – S01E02”

2 Friends – Chapter 2

Jennifer’s father wants her to move to Cambridge for further studies and towards a more illustrious life. He firmly believes that moving to Cambridge will open up plenty of opportunities for her to grow and prosper. He also believes that this move will get her out of the shell and open up her life toContinue reading “2 Friends – Chapter 2”

2 Friends – Chapter 1

Jennifer and Maya were not born for each other. But, they were born to live with each other. Jennifer came out from an affluent family where riches, parties and extravagance was the order of the day. But, she never belonged to them. Apparently, she is very close to her father, and her mother always cameContinue reading “2 Friends – Chapter 1”

Signs

You just know when things fall in place. There are so many inevitable pieces that come together to form a shape of positivity when such indications prevail upon us. Things start becoming white, the sky weeps with tears of hope and tranquility, and we submit to the rays of rejuvenation. You can say, it’s aContinue reading “Signs”

A Seer’s Rage – Episode 2

Madhu grew up in a land of priests and religious fanaticism. Not surprisingly, his thought process was quite inclined towards his Father’s during his younger days. But as days went by and he grew older, time and education taught him a wider aspect of his faltering childhood. Close to his mother but in awe ofContinue reading “A Seer’s Rage – Episode 2”

A Seer’s Rage – Episode 1

A land of spiritual resurgence. We need messiahs, someone who can turn this world upside down, in the right way. Not a torch bearer, but we need tools for sustenance. Madhuprayan George Roy was born in Banaras, India to a Hindu Father and Catholic Mother. His father belonged to an ancestral Priest family and oneContinue reading “A Seer’s Rage – Episode 1”

Paradise in Mayhem – S01E01

Bereaved and Isolated It was death all around, else people would be waiting for the final colossus to come to them and take them away with a whisker of a smile. It was the time of hatred, just more hatred. We had no time for others, because sooner or later, they will perish and theContinue reading “Paradise in Mayhem – S01E01”