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Sam Was Sad

Posted by umashankaron May 1, 2013August 29, 2014in 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 groveling for an omelet, sprawled in his bed. He had been missing his turn at cooking breakfast for the fourth day in…

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,…