K is for Kicky I never believed that this word, which sounds like a name for an incredibly energetic girl is even a real word let alone a feeling. But it is. It means exactly as the word sounds, and the pictures that it conjures up. Pictures of breathtaking and charged events. I have, as…

J: Kamal struck a match and watched the flame skip into existence.  The house looked alien to her now. All the décor that she had so carefully picked up, walking through the folk art expos, the trade fairs. The papier mache Kathakali masks on the wall, the terracotta Bankura horses, the large Warli painting on…

I is for Insouciance This feels like a shade of April 1st.  A dollop of apathy with a splash of unconcern, and a topping of carelessness.  All this is baked in a soft pastry of nonchalance. It makes for a surprisingly interesting dish even though the feeling that insouciance awakens is that of an indifferent…

This is cliché, I know, but H is for Happiness Sometime back, I came across Abraham Lincoln’s quote: “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” And it got me thinking; Is happiness a state of mind or is it achieved through perseverance? Is it inherent to a person or…