The October Dog Story
It’s quite late in the night. My little daughter wouldn’t sleep. She pesters me insisting I tell her a story. So I start, “One shivering cold day in October. Noon 12 [...]
Daughter
Waiting Outside a Ladies’ Toilet
When I was a school kid, I had waited in ration shop for hours on countless times under hot sun to buy kerosene. I waited more than a decade to marry the girl I loved (and [...]
Bleeding Christ and the Dinosaur
My two-year old daughter, who has just learned to speak in proper words, came running to me one night, panting, “papa, come” she said and started pulling my arm. I [...]
