Phantom Pain

There is something that rom-com writers always forget to tell us. They dream up grand romantic gestures, kisses in the rain, slow-motion midstride hugs and all other sorts of “awwww” eliciting scenes that make the love centers of our brains light up brighter than an Indian household on Diwali. And then the credits roll, and …

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And then Came the Sun

I feel like a million bucks like I just took off my socks (or bra, I’ve heard that’s even more comfortable, I wouldn’t know) after the end of a really, really long day and I can finally just kick up my feet and relax. Not too long ago the earth just completed its ceremonial cycle …

Sighs for Love Lost

The years is ending, I am getting older and it is horrifying. Now that that is out of the way, hello and how have you been? Eating well I hope, don’t starve yourself too much for your figure , or worse , for longevity , you’re not getting out of this life alive anyway, and …

River And The Source

I was 12 years old I think, in class 6, when I first put my hands on a set book. It was Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice.”  Somehow, someway, Despite the most convoluted English ever put on tree skin I actually managed to understand and enjoy the story (There is no universe where cross-dressing Italians …

Oh God!

I have always been curious to find out who was the first human being to exclaim 'Oh God!' What section of the world were they from? Which god were they referring to? Were they happy or sad or both at the same time? The section of my brain with a chronically bad sense of humor …

Fever Dream

Memories are incredibly annoying things; I mean it’s Monday for god’s sake! It's 7 am in the morning, the lecturer is droning on about Transnational Corporations and Intermediary liabilities, I should be listening, I know I should, but my brain is so far away from this reality I might very well be a transnational corporation …

The Abyss of Dreams

When I was in high school, my Kiswahili teacher would tell me that I should work hard and pass my KCSE. That after I landed in university, I could coast through without studying and get straight A’s. That girls would be falling over themselves trying to get at me etc. I was promised everything short …

To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before 1

I didn’t get a warning, I don’t think anyone else did really. It was in class six I think when it happened. One morning, the soundtrack to my life, (that background music always playing in your head, you are listening to it right now, don’t lie.) suspiciously changed tune from hard angst-filled rock to rom-com …

Honest Henry

What if, just what if, people told the truth? Not once in a while, not just for the big things, not half-truths and shady truisms but the pure open (most likely hurtful) truth. Imagine a world of no white lies, no advertisements devised by marketers reminiscent of classic cartoon villains, no walking on eggshells around …

JADED

I’m fresh from watching a video where, in an unfortunate sequence of events a lady jumped off a roof. A rather morbid way to start a story, I know, but who am I if not your cultured purveyor of emotions, and it would seem that, after avoiding it for so long , its finally time …