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.
Are you familiar with Indian Saas-Bahu dramas? You know, the ones which have more twists and turns than the hairpin bends of Himalayan roads and every single twist is repeated thrice, lest you missed it the first time! Well, if you are not, don’t worry… my post will give you the flavour. If you are, […]
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A friend of mine told me a few weeks ago that he was going through a mid life crisis. I also read a post from Anand where he touches upon this. After more than a decade of work experience, I too have been wondering if this is what I want to do for the rest of
Mid Life Crisis and Snail Mails! #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings Read More »
India celebrates her 69th Independence Day today. We who have been lucky to be born in free India probably cannot even imagine the struggles people went through in the pre Independence Era. In today’s context, I often wonder if we are really Independent. The Freedom our forefathers fought for was, to claim their own country.
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Thanks for taking the time to chat with SIW. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your blog.     Ankita : A Working Mother, Lifestyle Blogger, Writes about anything and everything under the sun, compulsive dreamer, movie buff and eternal optimist! This is how my twitter bio describes me! I started blogging in 2004
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In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Beneath Your Feet.” Sometimes we have grass beneath our feet, sometimes we have sand and sometimes we have broken glass bottles… in a self development experiment, I walked on broken glass bottles and no… nothing happened to me…!
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Hi all of you! If you have ever Googled “How to increase website traffic?” am sure Guest Blogging appeared in the list. I was intrigued by the idea of guest blogging but realised that it is easier said than done. My take on guest blogging is that you cannot do it on just any
I did Guest Blogging… TWICE! #MicroblogMondays #MondayMusings Read More »
I read this story once. There was a little town with a small population. All the people were going about their life, doing their work, content with a small Source: Contentment I have been blogging for more than a decade now. On and off and mostly for fun. So I thought of starting
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A lot of things inspire me in many different ways. Over the last year, my travels have inspired me most. I have mostly traveled alone and this has helped me shed my inhibitions and grow much more confident. Exploring the places, meeting people and learning loads of new things. It has helped me grow as
A satellite dish isn’t a thing of novelty anymore… and yet, this one looks majestic and impressive… This is my entry for the Mundane Monday challenge over at Pho Trablogger
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We moved homes this week. Although the new place was not very far from the old one, it still took us three days pf backbreaking labour and a weekend of odd jobs that kept us on our feet throughout. On top of all that, my daughter fell ill on Friday night. It was our first
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