My name – Sosha – was the bane of my life while growing up. Because it was so uncommon, no one seemed to get either the pronounciation or the spelling right. One of our neighbours at Khush… more →
Chiaroscurocathedralist wrote 2 months ago: My name – Sosha – was the bane of my life while growing up. Because it was so uncommon, … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: A few months later Mom began teaching Math at a local school. One evening she told us that Bysshe* h … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: “Bled!” said our new cook and houseboy (a misnomer here since he looked to be in his lat … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Dad had played billiards during his short service stint in the Navy and so it was only inevitable th … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: … was the salutation with which Anna replied with a loooong mail! By a coincidence (or ESP?!), … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Conceived in Kashmir in the far north, born in Kerala in the deep south, raised in Bombay (Mumbai) o … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: As I mentioned in my previous post, I am an avid reader. I am especially enamored of books that are … more →
cathedralist wrote 2 years ago: Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want … more →