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Sam Was Sad

Posted by umashankaron May 1, 2013July 28, 2026in Fiction, Such is Life, Uncorked Angst63 Comments

It was a sultry summer morning when I first met Sam twenty-five years ago. My roommate was grovelling for an omelette, sprawled in his bed. He had been missing his turn at cooking breakfast for the fourth day in a…

A Mélange of Monologues

Posted by umashankaron April 13, 2013January 30, 2017in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst73 Comments

I was young when my family pulled out of a city to the backwaters of the country. Of the many heartbreaks I weathered, the loss of my small book club was the most debilitating. The civilisation I was uprooted from…

Cold Cross Buns

Posted by umashankaron March 3, 2013April 1, 2014in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst91 Comments

“Hot-cross buns! Hot-cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot-cross buns! If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons; One a penny, two a penny, Hot-cross buns!” ~ A popular Nursery Rhyme All right, then! You are…

From Privet Drive to Diagon Alley

Posted by umashankaron June 24, 2012August 18, 2013in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst104 Comments

In a shrewd move of one-upmanship in keeping with the indomitable Indian spirit, I have decided to write a flawsome post, realizing how folks have been writing awesome posts all over the Internet. What is so God-forsakenly flawsome about it,…