I see him and his ruffled hair, his shirt is unbuttoned, I look at him salaciously right from his melancholic eyes, to his lips and down to his neck around his collar, unbuttoned shirt, and right down the third button where I can’t see any skin. He is immersed in the taste of my wine looking at the picture hung on the wall.

YES! This was my First time, I was really very nervous, I turned almost red when I saw him and we began our conversation, He was all Clean, Polite, Genuine and good smelling.

किसी शहर को देखने और किसी का शहर देखने में फर्क होता है। पहली बार आप जगह देखते हैं—सड़कें, cafés,…

और उस रात, पहली बार, मुझे लगा कि शायद healing का मतलब किसी पुराने इंसान को भूल जाना नहीं होता।

शायद healing का मतलब यह होता है कि कोई नया इंसान तुम्हारे डर के सामने खड़ा होकर भी तुमसे यह नहीं कहता कि उसे बचाओ।

वह सिर्फ़ कहता है—

मुझसे सच बोलो।

और फिर भी वहीं रहता है।

मैं bed पर लेटा हुआ Ananya के बारे में ही सोच रहा था। कभी एक करवट, कभी दूसरी। रात गहरा…

I woke up the next morning with the previous evening still lingering somewhere in the back of my mind—the rain,…

“Ma’am, location डाल देना please.”

You give me your phone.

“Please call me Onesha,” I say automatically while opening Maps.

Then I press Home and hand your phone back. You put it near the wireless charger. I look at my own dead phone resting in my lap.

You tell me your name.

कभी-कभी किसी इंसान के चले जाने से ज़्यादा मुश्किल उसका लौट आना होता है। क्योंकि जाने के बाद हम अपने…

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