Swami’s Diwali Lights
Swami burst into the café last weekend, nearly tripping over a chair on his way to our usual table. Jigneshbhai...
Swami burst into the café last weekend, nearly tripping over a chair on his way to our usual table. Jigneshbhai...
Have you ever heard of Engineer’s Block?An engineer saying, “I can’t think of what to code.” Or Doctor’s Block?A surgeon...
There’s a little tea stall at the corner of our street. It is an old one. The paint is peeling,...
The radio was playing an old song I hadn’t heard in years. Suddenly, it wasn’t just music anymore. It was...
Last weekend, when we met for coffee, Swami’s phone buzzed like a swarm of angry bees. Notifications flashed. Emails piled...
I was not in a particular hurry, but closed lifts seem to do it to us. I tapped my foot...
When I turned writer, I never told anyone that I was just a writer. In my corporate years, the dreaded...
Swami had been fidgeting with his phone for the last ten minutes, his face tightening with every swipe. Jigneshbhai, on...
Essentially a reflective travelogue by Stephen Alter, a writer raised in Mussoorie by missionary parents, 'Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys...