Life Stories is where the ordinary things sit before they become stories. A sentence overheard, a room remembered, a small irritation, a moment that looked harmless at first and then refused to leave. These pieces are about everyday life, memory, family, work, identity, and the strange ways we become ourselves while doing everything else.
Hi everyone, wishing all of you a very very happy new year!! I am a big believer of doing good and positive things on the first day of the year and right in the morning, I make a wish for you and your family – Looking back at the year that has gone by, […]
A New Year Wish & Looking Back at The Year That Was Read More »
Mornings are the best time to look out of one’s windows I believe. Especially in the cooler months. There is something about the crisp morning air of the feeble Mumbai winter that just awakens you and fills you with immense optimism and hope for the day to come. I also love mornings for all the
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Hubs and I were talking the other day and I mentioned that Someday, I would like to quit my job and turn into a full time writer. Now this is nothing new, I have been saying this on the blog too and I think I say this to him once a week. But this conversation
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I remember a conversation with my husband around renewable energy sources. We had  just seen a powerful video on disruptive technology. Disruptive technology is something which arrives and completely changes the way consumers buy things. The iPod, the mobile phone are all examples of disruptive technologies. Eventually, our discussion veered toward energy. He said that
Wind Energy #GreenEnergy Read More »
On November 30, 2004 I tried something new. As someone who is alwasy excited to try new stuff out, this was not a big deal. What is a big deal though is I am still doing that thing. 11 years have passed and am still blogging! Today, is my eleven year blogging anniversary. My first
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I confess to letting my kid watch TV everyday….. I confess to letting my kid stay up late…. I confess to leaving her in the care of others while I go out…. Before you judge me for being a bad mother- I confess to letting my kid watch TV at the dinner table so she
“Coffee Waale Baabu Mujhe Coffee Pila Do” While this is a rather bad rip off of a Bollywood song that is doing the rounds these days, this is the most accurate description of me two hours ago. After a busy and eventful weekend, where all my plans of catching up on my NaNoWriMo word count
A Severe Case of Monday Blues #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings Read More »
This happened while watching the Chennai floods coverage on TV the other night. News: Bad governance in Chennai, areas are flooded, people are in trouble, there is a shortage of food etc etc. Daughter: Did people die in Chennai? Husband: Perhaps. Daughter: Then why aren’t they telling that? I did not know whether to laugh at
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