A caged kitten's agony

The cage of fear is worse than the conventional cage.

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 On getting provoked

History and mythology are replete with instances when the disdainfully dismissed Davids made cocksure Goliaths eat humble pies off terra firma.

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 Understanding Love

Is love an enchanting riddle, a harrowing heart-breaker, an evil instinct or a sublime sensation?

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 Ten is an Odd Number

Two is the oddest prime of all, because it's the only one that’s even!

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 It is a verbal circus!

Welcome to the fascinating world of evil circus brats, subarctic livers, visceral cut ribs, basic curl rivets

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 Cambodia: Where Spiderman carries you to Kamasutra!

The official currency in Cambodia is the Riel, but US Dollars are as popular. So are counterfeits, I was warned. I had toted up a bill of 25,000 Riels (about USD 6) in the souvenir shop. The woman in charge of the shop took a tenner from me and returned four one-dollar notes. As I peered at them for genuineness, she asked, 'I didn't check if yours was a genuine note, did I?'

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 Bits Of History In My Album

Rummaging through my ancient trunk I come across an almost tattered album. I had forgotten all about it. Life's vicissitudes had erased the memory of a kinetic past that was at once exhilarating and painful. The heady student days at Ludhiana's Arya College were a curious mix of idealism, passion and a desire for concrete action. Freedom was around the corner, so was the country's division. Funnily, my best friends at the college were Muslims, and yet we were on the opposite sides of the politico-communal divide. While I would join anti-partition demonstrations, my friends would shout pro-Pakistan slogans. Could a situation be more oxymoronic?

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 When Dad and I had Tea

Karen Hamilton is a Canada based poet. Here she recalls one of the beautiful moments spent with her late father.

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