Author Archive for Sucharita RaySuman

Finally, the sun set on Seattle’s unusually long summer today. The skies turned gray overnight, the sun appearing only in short breaks among periods of incessant rain. However, much as I may dislike the ceaseless Seattle rains, I cannot deny my love for the assuredness of the familiar, which they bring. The rain has stopped now, as [...]

What a day, what a day! I woke up in the morning, stayed awake the whole day and finished all the tasks I had planned last night. I know this is a regular day for most people. However, I have been professionally and to a large extent socially inactive for the last couple of months. [...]

Standing in front of a room full of people; some doodling, some texting, some on the verge of sleeping, not to mention the wretched few staring at me; but all expecting me to speak was never my idea of fun. I am painfully shy and a compulsive introvert. All through school and architecture college, I [...]

Aunt Prema or Prema Mashima, as Ma used to address her, was one of Mamai, my paternal grandmother’s closest friends. She also happened to come from the Tripura royal family. Mamai had taught me to address Prema Mashima as Princess, a title the latter always cringed at and which I later learnt she truly held [...]

They say you are a fool. I say, “I know.” They say stay focused. I say, “I am.” They say then don’t veer off your path. I say, “I don’t.” They say don’t play games. I walk away. Every day brings with it a new dream, a new path, a new goal. Then why not [...]