T 3942

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

The kids stumbled upon the body in the woods. An old man, a cache of ancient magazines. A smile on his face. Why’s he so happy? a kid asked.

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T 3941

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

Hopped up on caffeine, he tries to thread a needle but the attempt ends in blood loss and his delighted wife says, That’s what it feels like.

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T 3940

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

After the car accident he started misbehaving and one day his wife said, Who do you think you are? and this hurt him because of his amnesia.

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T 3938

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

She had a spot of mustard on her chin and he wanted to lick it off but that might be awkward. He knew this. But maybe that’s what was needed

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T 3937

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

The shouting subsides. They retreat to different rooms, to find their own inner civilizations. She decides to leave. And he decides to stay.

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T 3936

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 26, 2011

He says, The more I eat the fatter I get, and she says, Um, and he bemoans this and says, Everything on TV is a lie! and she feels kinda bad

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This Is the World

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 24, 2011

I’m in Hong Kong on my way home from Kuala Lumpur. This is for work, for the bill paying day job I have that is a good enough kind of job so that sometimes I get to go to places like Kuala Lumpur to stay in nice hotels and eat great food and suffer from […]

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Food memories: a Q&A

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 24, 2011

Another Q&A, this one about food. I love food. And I’m loving Q&A’s. Enjoy.

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T 3935

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

He picks up the ancient newspaper, jaundice colored, and he lights his pipe and his mother enters the room and says, No really, who are you?

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T 3934

By Arjun Basu | Published: May 19, 2011

The young king ate all sorts of animals and parts and pieces and still he wasn’t satisfied. I could eat a horse, the king sighed. And he did.

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