Memoirs !!!!

Hey Guys. Welcome to the Blog page once again. It has been more than a month since most of us have been confined to our homes due to Covid and the Lock down. With the Corona Cases soaring  and the Quarantine extended yet again, the compulsion of being at home makes a lot of us feel being homeless!! Penning down a short poetry on Lock down with a hope that it makes you smile. 1st January 2020 when we bid a farewell to 2019, A new hope, a new zeal and the resolutions to Shine, Come, emerge Wuhan and the world went into Quarantine, Welcome 2020, Welcome Covid-19. The Positives are being Treated, The Negatives heaving a Sigh, Everyone is checking their Fever, Wondering whether the temperature is a bit High. The Stocks markets have been Crashing, The Economies going for a Toss, While Trump is busy Tweeting, China showed...Who's the Boss. The cases soon spread beyond Wuhan, Paris, Spain, London and Tehran, New york does not have a Clue, While sanctions handi...

"Hey Lady!!! What are you doing here? Hey..Hey!!" shouted Laxman. There was no reply. "I am talking to you girl. Go away" he screamed again while walking towards her with a Cigarette in his hand. He could hear the girl sobbing as her approached her. It was dark and the only source of light was an old lantern that Laxman carried with him. "I said Go away. You know you are not supposed to enter this property. Go!" Laxman continued while trying to have a look at the girl's face through the light of the lantern. "Leave me alone. I want to die!!" came the reply from her while still sobbing. "Oh Lord!!! Not again" sighed Laxman who had witnessed a number of these kind of incidents in the past. "I will leave you alone. Don't worry. But at least tell me why do you want to die?" he asked while approaching her. "Why do you care? It is none of your business." came an assertive reply from the girl. Laxman was ...

"Howzatt?!!" shouted the boys and the Umpire nodded in agreement. "No way am I out. The ball was clearly missing the stumps" argued Rajiv. "Come on dude...Not again. Drop that Bat and let the others get a chance for once" said Jay in a firm tone. "But...." and Rajiv dropped the bat and sulked while walking towards the parking lot which also doubled up as a pavilion. "Finish off the lunch and sneak out before 3" said Jay to Rajiv. "I will. You better watch out for your Dad" came Rajiv's reply. "Yeah..don't worry. See you at the Tank at 3" said Jay and the duo left for lunch. Same age, same school, same grades, Jay and Rajiv, all of 13 years had stayed in the same housing complex and had been great pals. It was a summer vacation and the kids had planned to make the Most of it before their 8th grades tuition started. "Where the hell were you?" Rajiv asked in annoyance." Bro, Mom had al...