PinnedSapna KumarOde to Parrot — a work of short fictionMy brother Sanjay graduated from high school in 1991. That same year, my grandfather, or Bada Papa as we called him, was visiting from…12 min read·Sep 14, 2018--3--3
Sapna Kumar“It Was Something”Arnold didn’t know why he agreed to do this. “She’s very kind and a great conversationalist,” his daughters had said.5 min read·Mar 2, 2022----
Sapna Kumar“Waking Up from the Dreamt-Up Life”In 2020, the humans woke up and learned that their lives were imagined. Everything that they had valued as crucial had no consequence.2 min read·Dec 17, 2020----
Sapna KumarThe Acrimony of CootiesEvery elementary school class has one — a kid unceremoniously dubbed Pig-Pen…3 min read·Nov 25, 2020----
Sapna KumarBefore COVID, I would swim…Before COVID, I would swim. I’d begrudgingly force myself to go to 24-Hour Fitness, that cesspool kept unclean by the bodybuilders and the…2 min read·Oct 2, 2020----
Sapna KumarinDiary of a Quarantined NobodyPandemic Ramblings — May 20, 2020Sometimes, I wish I had something to say each day. Just enough to say. To fill a page. Not with utter nonsense but with lyricism and…4 min read·May 21, 2020----
Sapna KumarGotta Have a Smoke — (a fictitious monologue)When this whole business of the pandemic started, I was at an AA meeting. I got my three-year sobriety coin. They started telling us that…2 min read·May 13, 2020----
Sapna KumarinDiary of a Quarantined NobodyGames Played During the PandemicIt is day 16 of the zombie apocalypse that began on Friday the 13th, 2020. I am still taking long walks, which I did long before…2 min read·Mar 28, 2020--1--1