Author name: Sohail Hashmi

Classic line from the sad yet romantic 1976 love song ‘ This Masquerade” written by Leon Russell and beautifully sung by the great soul/ jazz guitarist & singer George Benson. {link below} Have the words that we meant to say to someone have a different tone or feeling to what we actually wanted to say? Did

So I gave my car to the mechanic to get the engine problem fixed, he told me that I had to leave it overnight to be collected the next day in the evening. “100 percent” he said as he blissfully smiled, hoping that I would be impressed by his percentage mathematics, (which indeed I was)

  Comfortable in a warm bed, thinking of getting ready for school, but not wanting to get out of that warm zone, I decisively move my right hand back under my secret pillow and feel the yellow square with many tiny holes in it. Yes, its still there, a slight smile forms on my face