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.
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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Can one ever explain friendship? Why you click with someone and why you don’t? Does age matter? Does gender matter? I for one think that friendship can not be explained. I have gotten along with people I least expected to and not seen eye to eye with people I had expected to get well with. A
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The festive season has kicked in and this week all the celebrations would be in full gear. Diwali starts today with Dhanteras and the main celebration is on Wednesday. I realised that as a family, we do not follow many Diwali traditions. Our celebrations are concentrated around the Lakshmi Pooja. That is it. May be
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Hi guys, I had crazy 3 days. Friday, 30th was Karva Chuath – a festival where north Indian women fast from dawn till Moonrise. When I say fast, I mean F.A.S.T! No eating, no drinking 🙂 The next two days was BNLF – Blog Now Love Forever. It was meant to be the most disruptive
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In four days, November begins. It will bring with it one of the toughest challenges I have ever taken – the NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. I will attempt to write 50,000 words over 30 days. While I have been so gung-ho about this all of October, certain events in the last 7 days
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How often in your life do you come across people who live by this adage? I have seen several. While I had a tolerance for them earlier, I don’t any more. It hurts me when these people are supposed to be close and I am supposed to care for them. However, the “I am always
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Hi guys, I love the world of blogging for the wonderful friends it has given me. I have done a Meet The Bloggers series in the past and am starting a new one today. I want to start off with the gorgeous and creative super mum – Sania! Sania blogs at All Things GUD. Her blog
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JAMM’s unveils its latest social initiative i – light to commemorate its completion of one and a half years. JAMM’s wishes to light the glow of hope in the lives of the visually impaired. If anyone were to be asked – What is the one thing that comes first to your mind about Diwali? Surely
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Have you ever heard that The Indian wife cares more about her housemaid than her husband? Well… that is actually true. Every morning is a waiting game where the heartbeat rises every minute… “Will She? Won’t She?” We are talking about the maid turning up here obviously! When frantic phone calls go unanswered, the irritated lady
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Am sick again!! This time it is the neck. The pain is acute and I get dizzy from holding my head up for long durations. Before that it was a throat infection, a flu and God knows what. I just want to be all right once and for all. A prayer for myself today… to
