Author: hcrijhwa

“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. – Jessamyn West“ Hello All, welcome to the first review of my upcoming debut novel, today we have a discussion with Yasha Kothari who designed the book cover. What was your initial reaction when you heard the Title of the Book?   It seemed like a book regaling tales from […]

“You don’t even know such a simple thing, and you are supposed to be the Technical Lead in the team,” bellowed Shishupal seated in the boardroom of Mindspace in Mumbai’s Malad area, shouting at Avyukt sitting on the other side of the endless conference table. The boardroom was packed with other members from Avyukt’s team, […]

“Knock, Knock.” An intermittent sound woke me up from my slumber. I opened my eyes and glanced towards the digital clock, hanging on the wall, situated next to a white split AC. The light in the room was extremely dim, due to which the numbers on the clock were not clearly visible. I turned to […]

 “Stop that dame,” squealed Private Eye Lazy Ooozy pointing towards a middle-aged woman while sprinting in his rainbow-colored trousers. The suspect, a women dressed in a red gown with flowing slivery hair was now driving a moped through the bylanes of a crowded Centennial Park. “Gimme that,” he yelped while pushing a little boy and […]

Beta (Son), I am going away” I was woken up from my deep sleep, my heart was beating rapidly. It was three in the morning; I tip toed my way in the bedroom to check on my mother. She was fast asleep; it was just a bad dream.

“Beep… Beep… Beep…” the constant beeping sound of this petite black square shaped device, which just popped out of my drawer reminds me of few joyous and grief-stricken days. Four years ago, I had asked my friend to procure this medical device from US since it was FDA certified and capable of sharing data via […]

e it takes a near death experience to make you feel alive’ – Frank Ocean

Tuesday, a day dedicated to Lord Hanuman and various other deities in Hindu Mythology. My mother always used to remind me “Don’t forget to visit the temple even if it is for thirty seconds, its Tuesday today.” For me, it was my second day in a new organization. The first couple of weeks after switching […]

As a small kid, we used to stay in a bungalow in Pune, it was a very big plot and had a huge garden in the backyard. I have memories of seeing varied trees and plants in our garden from Guava, Lemons, Banana and many other. Our neighbors even had a Black Plum tree and […]

The year is 2002, a challenging time for Indian IT professionals, there seems to be a dearth of Jobs for freshers. Our Engineering Drawing profession a few years back (1998-99) used to tell us, if you join an IT firm the only thing you would be working on is the Y2K project. Let me throw […]