RAJI WRITES

Here’s a tale of mistaken identity. My voice can be "borderline", I have discovered. As in, could be a male, could be a female. I have a...

He is in the living room, sitting on the kitchen chair. He rises from the chair slowly, grasps his walking stick with his right hand....

So this is it, it seems. In the time that remains, I want to see smiles, as many as I can. On the two faces that I love the most:...

"Dear Santa," my daughter wrote, "this is what I would like for Christmas. A stuffed animal tiger" Then she named a few books and...

PLEASING THINGS An egg sandwich composed of an egg with salt and freshly ground pepper sprinkled on top, between two slices of soft wheat...

To those who sat out this election, thank you. Thank you for your apathy. Thank you for your self-absorption. Thank you for not getting...

It was a singing contest. The last letter of the first person's song would need to be the first letter of the next person's song....

Your lined pockets Deep as a cozy arm chair A secure haven For my cold fingers Your upturned collar stands guard Against the cutting wind...

5:30 AM Time to get up. Took a shower and dressed Packed two lunches For her and her son. 615 AM Wake up, Mijo Time to get ready for...

Part I. He went to Dubai on a business trip from the US where he lived, and took a few days to visit his mother in Saudi Arabia. When he...

If you, my beloved child Were in harm’s way If you were taken from me And I didn't know where you were If one day, you didn't come home...

The postman always came in the afternoon, after we had had lunch. He would knock on the door, and hand us the mail. I can't recall who...

Here you are again My sometimes friend You came in the middle of the night I lay awake with you wrapped around my heart And there...

You start by asking "Why?" repeatedly, from the time you learn to speak. On occasion, for variety, you ask "How?" Eventually, some...

I am capable of instantaneous travel, of transporting myself anywhere in seconds. Thursday May 7, 2009. I travel from Sunnyvale,...

When I was a child Through raging fevers Chickenpox Measles Coughs and colds Tonsillectomy You were always there Gentle and kind...

In San Francisco, there is a restaurant in Chinatown on Washington Street at Kearny called Penang Garden. It serves...

Short version. A couple of months ago, I had a dream that starting out pleasantly enough and then became very disturbing. It has stayed...

Halley’s comet last appeared in 1986. My father, trained in mathematics, is fond of astronomy and woke up to see it in the middle of the...

There you are, inches away Glowing irresistibly through the gorilla glass, tough and durable they say, I have broken three. Oleophobic so...