The holidays are a time of celebration. But it is also the time that hurtsâĤ For not everybody is with their family. For some may have lost someone this year. Someone may be alone. Someone is learning to live without someone. Someoneâs family is incomplete today. Someoneâs landscape of life has changed. But the holidays …
For the past few minutes the doorbell was incorporated as part of my dream. Finally, after it rang for some time, I realized it is not a dream and I need to get up and open the door. Shashikala walked in. âGoodmorning Didi.â She said in her usual chirpy voice. âHmm.â I replied coldly. She …
âMumma, when I receive the award, should I walk up the stage from the left or from the right? Both side has stairs.â Asked a very enthusiastic five-year-old girl dressed as a dhoban (washerwoman). âAny side, betaâ, reassured the mother, looking tensed. She got a call from her husband. âHow Is she doing? Competition over?â …
âSo, you get paid for writing blogs?â âNo,â I tried to respond with a polite smile. âBut bloggers get ads, no.â âI donât have advertisements on my blog. In fact, I have to pay for the hosting space and domain name.â âOh! So, it is just a hobby!â âI have a full-time job. So yes. …
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My first school was a convent. We used to pray before every lesson (which was called period), before lunch, and during the morning assembly. Â Other than this, my friend and I would visit the chapel inside the school before any exam. This was easily praying about 10 times a day. If a fellow class student …
On my 28th birthday, I had posted this article. I had even created a separate category on my blog called âBirthday Memoirsâ based on one article! Last year I got lazy and shared the same article again. But today, I have turned 30. How can I not write about it! Give me some sunshine. Give …
Monday morning started. The fact that Wednesday is a holiday gave me new zeal to rise and shine. My friends and I are always late to work on Mondays. I text on the group to check on them. They have missed the office cab. Every Monday this happens! But today will be a very …
Wish all of you a very Happy Diwali!! Some are celebrating it today. Some are celebrating it tomorrow. But the festivities have started. I have fond memories of Diwali from when I was younger. When I was growing up, and I think even when most of you were growing up we did not know / …
Friday night I had gone to a Durga Puja pandal. Yesterday I went for dandiya. Today is a relaxed day at home, so I thought of catching up on the âKaun Banega Crorepatiâ episode that I had missed. All the guests who are invited to play for the âNayi Chaah Nayi Raahâ segment are fascinating. …
Some time back, my sister and I were having a discussion on marriage vows. âFor better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherishâ We said how difficult it is to commit to another human being like this â for better or for worse? Is it even …