Oh, to simply collect laughter instead of bonsais

1.
Oh, if only the thrash walked itself to the door, and emptied itself, everyday

2.
Oh, to write short stories in one language and dream in another

3.
Oh, to find a molehill inside the mountain

4.
Oh, to ask the pastor how many false "I do" has he presided over

5.
Oh, why does he open his eyes, every time I shut mine

6.
Oh, why did I pay heed to my parents when they told me not to interrupt when grown-ups are talking (as a result, I've not uttered a word for the past 44 years)

7.
Oh, will it be possible to stand on the moon and look into the window of my house with a powerful telescope

8.
Oh, to hear the sound of a pen on a cheque being made out for me

9.
Oh, what would we have done, if someone had not invented suburbs

10.
Oh, to simply collect laughter instead of bonsais 

Alternative endings to my life and other shorts

1.
When she got down on her knees
To propose to an ant
She crushed it


2.
A young I questions me
Don’t you think this tale could have played out better
I asks me


3.
My little girl is growing up
She plays hopscotch
Between Paraguay, Angola and Papua New Guinea


4.
I dip a spoon into the caramel custard at the café
On the next table, a newly-wed couple
Are planning to conceive a baby


5.
It would be nice to be chaperoned
Especially during broken dreams


6.
How many flies in this country?
Millions? Billions?
We need a census report


7.
When
The greatest of leaders
Lay still in his a/c coffin
In a nuclear bunker
He wondered: if he should get up
Put on his walking shoes
To take a pilgrimage to the pyre
As a final act of atonement


8.
Father and daughter watch TV
He thinks her clothing is bizarre
She feels the same about his ideology


9.
How about a national museum of pens
That have signed deals, death penalties, pacts, proposals
Conspiracies and farces


10.
I’ve discovered approximately 67 alternative endings to my life
Today's mission is: to search for one more

I wonder who granted them permission

1.
I wonder who granted them permission
To sell ads in day-dreams

2.
I wonder who granted them permission
To ensure there is crowd in every Kolkata street

3.
I wonder who granted them permission
To build more grave yards than sky-scrapers

4.
I wonder who granted them permission
To plant a tree on top of another tree

5.
I wonder who granted them permission
To start romance classes for married women

6.
I wonder who granted them permission
To change verbs into proper nouns

7.
I wonder who granted them permission
To offer a cup of green tea to a lonely coffee drinker

8.
I wonder who granted them permission
To tax clouds that drift across the borders

9.
I wonder who granted them permission
To burn the pumpkin crop to prevent a locust attack

10.
I wonder who granted them permission
To peep into my mind