Some time back, my sister and I were having a discussion on marriage vows. “For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish” We said how difficult it is to commit to another human being like this – for better or for worse? Is it even …
Mera kuch samaan tumhare paas pada hai… I don’t know what made me want to watch Izaajat now. Maybe because all the songs from the movie are on my pen drive, and I listen to them on my drive to work every day. Or maybe attending Gulzar Sahab’s poetry session at the Poetry Festival recently. …
Image source I watched the movie ‘Jab we met’ again over the weekend. This time it made me think very differently. It reminded me of the movie, Queen. These two are my all-time favourite movies. The protagonists in both movies are women who have been ditched by the men who they thought were the ‘love’ …
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I open my Facebook newsfeed everyday with the morning cup of tea (Yes, I know it should have been the morning newspaper, but it has somehow been Facebook instead). I came across articles over the past couple of days that really spoilt my mood: 10 Ugly Mistakes Women Make That Make Men Leave! Catch and …
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It was a regular night at Hard Rock Café. Ashish and Rehan were hanging out. Every Friday these two would catch up here (except ofcourse when they were with their girlfriends). Ashish had been dating Sanaya for the past 10 months. She was a single mother with a nine-year-old daughter. “So where is Sanaya this …
It was a big day for Kavya. Today she was meeting her fiance’ Samir’s extended family for the first time. They say opposites attract. It is such a cliché! But it could not be truer in the case of Samir and Kavya. Samir had his own advertising agency which he had started after being a …
The other day I came home after a sleepover at a friend’s place. Having been awake most of the night, I went to sleep by evening – around 4:30 -5. And then I was woken by the door bell. I was in deep sleep and was trying to place the sound of the door bell …
He has my eyes Almond-shaped and blue, And a smile so soft Like the morning dew. He holds my finger With a trust so deep, A miracle so divine My love would reap. He is my son Yes my very own, The last promise That I’d never be alone. He points to the stars, With …
This article is a work of fiction inspired by some real life events :-) 20 years ago Dressed in a glittering pink, chiffon sari with red lipstick smearing out of my lips, clunking bangles, and a big golden bindi, too large for my tiny forehead, I carefully placed the pallu on my head, partially covering …
I had just returned from Seattle, from my best friend Sandra’s mother’s wedding. It was the first time that I had attended an American wedding. I was excited to watch a wedding of this kind, not just because it was in a foreign territory but because it was a foreign concept. I had never witnessed …