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.
I have been a blogger since 2004. In all this period, I have made lots of blogger friends, met a few of them but have never attended a full fledged blogger’s meet. Every time there would be a meet, I would have a clashing meeting, family event or work related travel! So this time when […]
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On a work related road trip, I crossed a Creek Bridge yesterday. These are my thoughts from that moment… The first light of the day is falling on the earth and in this soft illumination the water and the sky were the same colour. The exact same colour. A cool peaceful grey. Soft and almost
This happened on the way to work a few days back. The car ahead of us stalled and since my auto was barely 4 inches away from the vehicle in front, there was no way we could carry on. Add to this the fact that another car behind me was also less than a foot
The Rude Guy Out There Read More »
This Friday, the baby asked to be dressed in finery and be taken out for ice cream. When I did it late in the afternoon, she was practically bouncing in the mall! So I asked her, now you are happy?She says, Yes. I amI asked why are you happy, expecting to hear about the dress,
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I pass a school on my way to work and this morning, I happened to notice the uniform. The boys wore pink shirts, grey shorts and grey ties. The girls wore pink shirts, grey pinafores and grey ties… and black salwars underneath!!!
Shirt, Tie, Pinafore, Salwar… WTH? Read More »
A very happy woman’s day to all the ladies out there. I am sure you have read loads of messages since morning telling you how lovely you are… I too have read tonnes of them on WhatsApp, Facebook and have been wished by family, friends and colleagues. This is one day of the year that
This Woman’s Day… Read More »
Reading my last post and a few more before that made me realise that I use a lot of exclamation maeks in my writing. Almost every para ends with an exclamation mark. I can imagine my high school English teacher telling me to tone it down!
I have never been a floral fragrance person. My preferences have always been fruity or spicy. Citrus, Musk, Lemon, Pomegranate based fragrances have been the ones I used to buy. As much as I love the scent of jasmine, lavender and rajnigandha I have only been able to tolerate agarbattis with floral scents. Never perfumes.
The Fragrant Rose Read More »
… That I am Right Brained…..!But then, I always knew this 🙂
This Brain Test Tells Me… Read More »
… is not necessarily bad now… is it?Recently, a few college friends of mine who work at the same office met me and said that I have changed. I have had a 360 degree change in my personality in a decade… they wanted to know why and I had no answers…. maybe I have never
