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.
Sometimes when you read a good book, its like a journey with a good friend. When the book ends you feel like you have had a great time and a pang that it has ended. I feel it with only captivating books. I’d spend long nights reading and actually feel a bit bad that the […]
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Me: You added sugar to my coffee in the morning Pantry boy: M’am this is sugar free, it will have no effect!!! I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry…. 😀 For those who don’t know, I take no sugar in my beverages… i like them with the natural flavour
Imagine starting to jog on a treadmill… a light, easy jog that allows you to carry on a conversation with your fellow jogger. That’s the beginning of career for you. You may work the whole day, but you can definitely chat with others around you and not fall too far behind. You can always catch
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Listening to Madhushala while working is not a good idea…. I have slipped into a philosophical mood every time I have heard it… so why do I keep listening to it, specially when i need action? Is it Manna De’s velvetty voice or Harivanshrai Bachchan’s magical poetry? I would never know… Music helps me keep
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My trivial wish list – A long leisurely shower A shopping trip with great bargains A little bit of rain A day with no chores or work Regular electricity and water supply Batter time management A more efficient brain Ability to shut off from work once I close my lappie Ability to actually close my
The one thing with thoughts is that if you don’t capture them when they appear, they get lost… often to not return, just like a moment in time that never comes back. So I had this thought that was weird, way too weird. I thought of a flower that has fallen from a tree… When
Last evening, I saw a beautiful bunch of lilies… right beside the stairway to our house. There is a row of potted plants that we don’t really maintain… I dont know how the lily survived, but yesterday, there were about 6 beautiful, long stemmed ones there… ruby red, smiling in the light of the setting
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There is much work to be done, but my brain fails to process the information that is thrown at me. With much effort I get the brain to work, but my hands refuse to obey the orders it sends out… I feel like I am living in a zombie state – going from one activity
Sometimes, your hand just itches to write…. There is a clouding of thoughts in your head and you don’t have a clear picture of what you wanna say… but the words, they just want to tumble out! This is probably going to be one of those posts… 🙂 Oh and in case anyone is wondering
There are realizations and then there are realizations. Here are some of mine – My yearly post count has been a multiple of 12 for the last 3 years. In 2006, it was 36, dropped to 24 in 2007 and then last year, all I managed was 12! Check out the sidebar and see