Author Archives: Tilottama Chowdhury
Speaking in Tongues
I lifted my eyes and looked out of the window at the snow falling from the dark sky, the snow silently covers the sidewalks, the cars, the roofs of houses in a sheet of white, the snowflakes slowly twirl in the air – big white flakes, so big they seem to cast shadows as they […]
Begin, again
The dice is rolled. Our hands meet as I pass it to the next player. Sometimes it is a warm embrace, other times a hurried snatch. Mother and I have come to visit her parents, back in our country. The flight trips are long so we visit infrequently, now we can only talk over a […]