Roshni S

There are some sights and smells that hit a rewind button in your mind and your body responds to it. The sight of a river, the smell of smoke from firewood stoves in a humid part of the country, and the chembakapu (Frangipani

“Mumma, I’m feeling giddy,” I whisper in a tired-sounding breath. This is the second time in one week and the nth time in the past couple of months that I’m giddy. Ma and Papa were initially impressed by my vocabulary as a