Stories begin long before they are written.
They begin in moments we notice,
in things we feel,
and sometimes in memories that refuse to leave.
Rail Stories
People I Met Along the Way
Every journey has people we remember.
Rail Stories is a collection of encounters shaped by train journeys across India. Strangers who shared a seat, a conversation, a moment, and sometimes, without knowing it, left something behind.
Stories about people, perceptions, assumptions and the moments that make us look at one another a little differently.
Aju Mathew
I have always enjoyed stories, both telling them and listening to the ones people choose to share.
Somewhere between conversations, memories and the things I have lived, writing found its way back into my life.
Read my story →Author is something I became.
The storyteller, I think, was always there.
Before there was a book,
there were words.
Some words belong to a time in our lives, and to the feelings we carried then.
Here are a few of mine, poems and thoughts from years before I ever imagined becoming an author.
Explore earlier writings →Thoughts along the way
Not everything becomes a story. Some things simply make me stop and think.