Advaita Kala.

Almost single

Srijita Sarkar 

For most people, life and love are like a game of connect-the-dots: The numbers always form a straight line to the goal. The result is a perfect picture. For the lesser half—especially for those who inhabit my world—the vision is a blur of blots and splotches and there’s no straight line to speak of.

You know what they say, since mothers can’t be everywhere, God created bosses.

For Misha, every man is a project, a diamond in the rough for her expert eye to spot and her craft-manship to shape and cut.

The closest we’ve come to lighting anything is a candle or a ciggie, or a ciggie with a candle, and once even a candle with a ciggie—

As at all our parties, the bar is overstocked with alcohol and skimpy on the food. We give the term liquid diet a new twist.

Why is it that whenever I really like someone, I suddenly feel like I am all wrong, totally inadequate, and the other person is ever so perfect?

The rest of the conversation consists of some heavy-duty gyaan, lecturing which is obviously supposed to change my entire worldview.

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