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The Invisible Inheritance of Care

May 27, 2026

There are some phone calls that do not begin with a ringtone.

They begin with a feeling.

A sudden tightening in the chest. A strange alertness before the mind has processed anything. A silence in the room that changes shape.

It was sometime past midnight when the phone lit up beside the bed. Her name appeared on the screen – my former colleague’s daughter. For a brief second I simply stared at it, disoriented by the hour more than the name itself.

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Posted in: Riff Tagged: life, lifepath, love, responsibility

The Long Nights After Twenty Eight

May 25, 2026

Forty years ago, in many Indian homes, life moved with a strange certainty. A daughter’s future was spoken of almost like a railway timetable. Study enough to be respectable. Learn enough to run a home. Get married before twenty three or twenty four. Have children before thirty. Parents would breathe out quietly, believing they had fulfilled the sacred assignment life had handed them.

In those days, anxiety existed too, but it wore different clothes. Parents feared delay. Society feared gossip. Girls feared disappointing their families. Yet the road ahead, however imperfect, was at least visible.

Then the country changed.

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Posted in: Riff Tagged: life, marriage, pressure

ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹಕ್ಕಿ

April 12, 2026

ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗದೆಂತು ಗೊತ್ತು
ಟೊಂಗೆಯದು ಮರದ ಕಿವಿಗಳೆಂದು
ಅವಳ ಕಂಠಸಿರಿಗೆ ಸೋತ ಮಾತೆಯವಳು
ಎಲೆಗಳಾಡಿಸಿಹಳು ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆ ಸೂಸುತ ನಿಂದು

ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗದೆಂತು ಗೊತ್ತು
ಅಲ್ಲೆ ಕುಳಿತಿಹ ಗಿಡುಗನ ಗೂಡದೆಂದು
ಅವಳ ಕಂಠಸಿರಿಗೆ ಕಾದು ಕುಳಿತ ಮಾತೆಯವಳು
ಹಾಡದು ಅವಳ ಕಂದಮ್ಮಗಳ ಲಾಲಿಯದೆಂದು

ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗದೆಂತು ಗೊತ್ತು
ತುಂಟ ಬೆಕ್ಕಿನ ಮನೆಯ ಹಿತ್ತಲದೆಂದು
ಅವಳ ಕಂಠಸಿರಿಗೆ ಹೊಂಚುಹಾಕಿಹ ಮಾತೆಯವಳು
ಆಟಕೊ ಊಟಕೋ ಹಿಡಿಯ ಹಂಬಲಿಸಿಹಳೆಂದು

ಪುಟ್ಟ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗದೆಂತು ಗೊತ್ತು
ಮನೆಯೊಡತಿಯ ಕೋಣೆಯ ಕಿಟಕಿಯದೆಂದು
ಕಂಠಸಿರಿಗೆ ಸ್ವರವ ಸೇರಿಸಿ ನಲಿಯ ಬಯಸಿಹಳೆಂದು
ನಿನದಷ್ಟೆ ಅಲ್ಲವೋ ನೀನಿರುವ ಜಗವಿದೆಂದೂ

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Posted in: Jatakaa Tagged: life, lifepath, love, poetry
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