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Vertical Gap in Relationships: Height vs Depth
He wanted to be written about. I wrote. What remains is the gap between scale and substance, served with whiskey, humour, and no apologies.
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Cronies Flying Monkeys Manipulation: The Playbook
Manipulators don’t work alone. They recruit cronies, unleash flying monkeys, and turn someone’s empathy into entertainment. Applause does the rest.
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Ending an Era: A Chapter Closing With Teeth | CallMeUnfiltered
Some endings don’t arrive gently. They tear, repeat, exhaust, and finally force a leaving. This is what it looks like when an era ends without permission.
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Sleepless Night With Mosquitoes: With Wings
A sleepless night, four mosquitoes, one dog, and the slow realisation that peace is a myth when you are warm, tired, and edible. A comedic essay on insomnia, survival, and being chosen by insects.
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Memes Replacing Conversation: Choosing Yourself Over Silence
When memes replace conversations, silence becomes the easiest way to avoid showing up. This is about emotional dismissal, quiet endings, and choosing yourself instead.
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People Who Invite You Then Vanish
He asked me to meet. Coffee, a cigarette, and a third person to keep it safe. Then came the weddings, the parties, and the quiet way people vanish.
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Mangalore Wedding Baila: Dearest Mangalore, Especially You, Church Hall
From my balcony in Mangalore, wedding baila thumps through the air, every toast, waltz, and forever looping like a badly mixed playlist I never asked for.
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Coffee Isn’t My Fix. It’s the Ceasefire.
Coffee isn’t my fix. It’s a ceasefire between my nervous system and the day. A sharp, funny essay on mornings, anxiety, cigarettes, and performing stability.
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Right Side Hinge Gone Rogue: Tom Fords Meet Malice
A rogue right-side hinge has turned my Tom Ford progressive glasses into a lopsided disaster. Lens fine, vision intact, but chaos reigns—Malice in hand.
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Mid-Sentence Goodbyes
Writing about friends who stayed, those who left kindly, and the quiet hurt of disappearing mid-sentence.
