B a n d r a B u g g e r s

 The Christmas tree at the Gym There was excitement, walking onto the tennis courts with the Christmas tree all decorated and lit up. Its sn...

When she was born there was joy. The celebration of life. Her home town was Saqqez in Iran where everyone knew everyone. She went to school....

It was a containment zone. Everyone there was of the same religion. More or less the same education. More or less the some economic status. ...

He retired a full fledged Colonel. Maratha light infantry regiment. He’d fought in the Pakistan war. Liberated Bangladesh and kept India s...

Covid 17  A group of friends at a party. They’d never had anything more intoxicating than beer. And the one time a gulp of feni mistaken...

Timing was everything. At which point did he put on his mask. The second he put it on everyone always turned towards him. Too early and the...

They saw each other at the bus stop every day. They soon got talking. They soon got married. They soon had a baby. Baby dropped off at Mum...

For her advent began when she started shortlisting dress patterns. At least 40 days before Christmas. So that the whole process of select...

His bike defined him. A cherry red Harley Davidson. 1600 cc. People heard the thump and turned around. They saw the bike and craned their ...

She came in every day. Dusting, sweeping, mopping , and cooking. When the youngest came back from school with a head full of lice she fine...

He was enjoying this. He’d never slept in a bed before. Always on the floor. With a bedroll, which was rolled away every morning to make p...

Just outside the school gate stood the bora walla. Loosely named. Because the seasons dictated what he had for sale. The school authoritie...

She was always well turned out. Clothes from Troy or Wendell. Hair by Toni and Guy. M.A.C make up. Jimmy Choo’s. Victoria’s shh… . Olive f...

She was tired. Tired of hearing clichés. The one she liked to hate the most was when the going gets tough… That was just the biggie. The o...

 Every evening at the bar. DSP large with soda. A bowl of monkey nuts on the side. Though he had a repeat every day, the waiter would stil...

She had German measles in her second trimester. The doctor warned her that there was a good chance the baby would be compromised. Good cha...

They were a close knit society. The door  of every house open. Wheter you had lunch at your’s  or any of the other dining  tables in the...

It was a match made in heaven. She thanked the gods for it. Every day. While she prayed for a child. He was an atheist. God, he said had...

She loved tradition. Even as a little girl. Making kulkuls on the lead up to Christmas. Midnight mass. Opening the presents when they got ...

 She could go out now. Without holding her hand over her mouth. Her hare lip. Which polite people pretended wasn’t there Which cruel peo...

The Capulets and Montagues had nothing on them. An enimity that went back 40 years. Over an ill matched romance ? A business rivalry ? A jo...

Long line at security. End of the day. End of the year. People rushing to catch a flight to be home Christmas Eve.late and in a hurry. One l...

There was a box at the foot of the neighbourhood Crib. For people to put old clothes into. Clothes they didn't fit into anymore. Clothes...

One little girl waiting for her daddy to come home. Home for Christmas. After being away for so long. And so far away . On an oil field in t...

Divali was good for business. Christmas was better. Everyone wanted their house painted. Their furniture polished. He understood surge prici...

Every year the kids would come around . Singing carols with guitars and tambourines. Every year he scowled at them. What was there to be so...

She worked hard and saved harder. Multiple instruments. As recommended by her LIC officer. Her UTI agent, her bank manager. Her LIC office...

You went there when all the home remedies had failed. When the barley water and kanji had been consumed by the gallon, but the fever stil...

Sunday morning and Im late before its even begun. It has'ntrained yet and the city's water is in short supply. But I have to have ...

Thank you for all you did in life and even more in death. Thank you for the loyalty the supporters your showed you. If the shops had been o...

Bandra buggers on the airwaves http://soundcloud.com/clement-desylva/link-open-mic-link-1-brin ....copy and paste link to browser wind...

Sudden death in real life hit you more than it did in hockey. It had left her with two children to raise and his aged parents to look after...

Subash Bhai mopped the sweat beads off his forhead. His banner, ‘Yukta Arts’had not produced a hit film in almost a decade.. “What we need...

He was a shippie. Six months on two off. A lot better than the days when his father was a shippie. Then it was twelve on two off. And the sh...

St. Thomas was here. I doubt that. St. Thomas amidst neon crosses and plastic flowers ? A group of sari clad women gather around a casio key...

You say airport and the cab driver thinks it's his lucky day. Double charge Saab. Long line at the airport . Extra charge for baggage s...