Sonia Kuncalienker

My saree shows skinAmply, AbundantlyEven when I am on my thinnest-worstEven when I am on my thickest-best Shows my mid-riff and my stomachMy paunch ; My flabs of fatLuxuriantly, Massively.Shows my scarsCensor-free celluliteSnide-free Stretch marks My saree envelopes meSmugly, Coarsely, Fetters meHalts my jumpsMakes me taller than what I am My saree puts on open, […]

One Sunday afternoon, from the other room, I heard the kid and Sidharth Kuncalienker discuss.Kid with a gasp, “Pappa, just see this. Rs. 750/- for only 3 gms.” “Show” says the father, who I am sure (though I am not in the room) is stretched out for his afternoon nap and will not crane his neck, even

May the lilt in you be forever!and may it take you placesThat I have never even heard of ;In terms of contentment and pleasure. May the lilt in you be forever!and may it cause in youA satisfying restlessnessof Doing and Executing and Excelling. May the lilt in you be forever!and may it bring youBack to

What to do with over-ripe bananas seems to be the over-arching definitive question? of my life.You can go ahead and even put it on my Taj Mahal . As and when.  You see, all of us have been told and taught that bananas are super foods, way, way before “super-foods” was a hyphenated buzz word.

small fishlittle fishteeny fisheeny-meeny fish lots-of-bones fishmost tasty fishmust have fishdoesn’t photograph well fishcannot Instagram fish can-get-stuck in throat fisheat strictly with hands fisheat even the bones fisheat entire portion with one bite fish savour this fishrelish in small portions fishthrow back in sea fisheat season time fish Because the last in the food chain

Last evening, we went capturing God. Rather, the Goddess of our ancient and forgotten temple. Me, my husband and my friend, she who had the latest digital camera in town and more importantly knew how to operate all its controls. The intention was to photograph the Lord for eternity, laminate her for posterity, and sell

Every moment, you dip into your little, inner reservoir of kindness/ strength/ rubbish/bravery/idiocy/anger/hope and utilize it to the fullest. Sometimes, as a band-aid for self and others Often as a gift for self and others So many times as brutal, vicious rage for self and others  Quite always, as a slap for self and others.

                                                                                                                   Listen to your body, they say. Like exactly which part of it? I wonder. Sure, I am 40+ (but how much plus, I ain’t telling ya!) and by now, I should get the hang of it. But being 40+ also means that there is a whole lot more of me to listen to. Should

Candle-light vigilists, On-line revolutionaries, Facebook Badges – Our latest weapon to showcase solidarity We are so busy Saving the Tiger and The Girl Child and The Olive Ridley Turtle and what-shall-we-save now. We don’t have time for saving India.  GTG! BFN! And then, “We are Indians, no? Families come first”. So, we have families and

I take a lot of selfies every day; most get deleted almost immediately, some I salivate for a few days and then dump , simply to make way for more selfies of the future. And then the rest are let loose on friends. Just-like-that. Which is exactly how selfies should be treated. By now, I