Pawanraj Sadhwani Archives
This way and That...
So, imagine this. You're walking on this road. Just you. All alone. You cannot turn back. You cannot sit down. You have nowhere else to go. You have nowhere to turn. And so, you must walk the direction you're walking in. And then you see a vehicle coming at you …
Book Review: King, Queen, Knave by Vladimir Nabokov
King, Queen, Knave (Amazon) is a Vladimir Nabokov novel, originally written in Russian (Korol', dama, valet), and later translated (and modified quite some bit) in English by Nabokov himself, with help from his son. The story is a love-triangle set in Berlin. Franz, a village bumpkin, goes to Berlin to …
Reasonable...
His feet pounded the pavement. And thoughts pounded away at his head. Age and stress had caught up with him, and exercise had been advised. So, he had started running. After all, he had a long way to go - many responsibilities to fulfil. Keeping fit was the reasonable thing to …
Because
"I love you." She said what she always did, before she hung up. Today, he paused, and cast his mind back to the last time he asked her the question that was now poised on the tip of his tongue. "Why?" He thought. There was nothing to suggest he was …
Being OK
He was okay. He had been like that for a while. Sure, life could've been better. But it could've been worse. He counted his blessings and thought, he was okay. Comfortable. Content. Maybe even happy. And then he met her. He wasn't much for talking. Putting himself out there was …