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people who have been loved
Watching his new family taking photos was a new feeling for me. While they included me and my son, its his wedding we are sort of...
Mithila Malaviya
3 min read


I hope this never happens.
Today's piece was inspired by the song Blue Over You by Mason Ramsey. Do you know what I missed back in India? Places like Whole Foods....
Mithila Malaviya
4 min read


Falling or Floating?
"I do really want to come over tonight; I am so sorry that I am stuck with this..." he said with a solemn heart. A sentence she was...
Mithila Malaviya
2 min read


Ex-es suck, you dont
Should it bother me that you have an ex? No. Should it bother me when my ex takes his new girl out on vacation merely months after I left...
Mithila Malaviya
6 min read


Eight teachings of my father - 2016
TW: Mentions of sexual assaults. My father has taught me a million things in life. Some when I was twelve, some when I turned a woman and...
Mithila Malaviya
14 min read


The night I hugged myself
I am going to take you through a song today. Take you through it they way I am going through it. You have the song followed by its...
Mithila Malaviya
3 min read


Chapter one
"I can not just offer you an Amar, the one who can never die. That can only be a God, so I ask you again; your need and reflections are...
Mithila Malaviya
4 min read


This is not who I am.
This is not who I am La Reve 1932 by Pablo Picasso I am not dreaming of anyone’s membrum virile. I am not a man. I am not a misogynist. I...
Mithila Malaviya
1 min read


15 Years Later
I wish you were here. Yes, I have kept all the things you gave me safe- Dignity, honour, ideals and morals. They are all here waiting to...
Mithila Malaviya
2 min read


In New York I am
An alarm sounds, at 10:30 am. Then again at 11:30 am 12 noon and five-minute intervals till 2 pm. My first class of the week is at 3 pm....
Mithila Malaviya
7 min read


Mom's First Cigarette
Mom’s a smoker. She still is, I guess. It depends on who you call a smoker. If you can go forty-eight hours without a smoke, then I...
Mithila Malaviya
4 min read


Not A True New Yorker
“Look, we have one big grocery store in every corner in India, along with the vegetable sellers who come in with fresh stuff in the...
Mithila Malaviya
6 min read


Hazel
“...a long nose, thin. Moving on to the lips, if only I had a good enough pair”, said Hazel to herself as she tried to balance the...
Mithila Malaviya
2 min read


Albatross
There lived a girl one day. Way behind her era and way ahead her age. It was an amazingly odd combination. None understood her no one...
Mithila Malaviya
2 min read


Depression for Beginners
Okay, I'll do the mainstream shit. Let's see, how do I explain my depression? I feel like a piece of paper. A single sheet. A single...
Mithila Malaviya
2 min read


Jimmy Boy
Butterflies have a peculiar life. Jimmy observed one as he stood there in the middle of the pineapple plantation. She flew around the...
Mithila Malaviya
6 min read
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