The Young India

Naren Sabarish

"Jokes are grievances."
- Marshall McLuhan

Sunmen was not a joker, he was a special child.

Once upon a time, a cottage in Angolia:

Inside the cottage, a baby was born. He was named Sunmen. His father did not like him because he was not beautiful, he looked like a joker.

As a small child, Sunmen poured milk upon his head. He liked to joke. He was interested in joking, joking, joking!

When he grew up to be a boy, he went to …

Crimson

For a few moments every week, I allow myself the luxury of slipping into my make-believe world where you and I can pretend that the rest of the world ceases to exist, where I can pretend you are only mine. It might have just been a candid conversation for you when you told me how exactly you felt about me. But it tossed me onto a whole new plane of thought and imagination. Yes, it broke the illusion of platonic love with the opposite sex. Yes, it took away from the innocence of our friendship.