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.
One of my closest friends got married today. I missed her wedding because it was in her ancestral village. Ironically, I have lost touch with most of my old friends and G3 (that’s what this one is called!) is one of the remaining few… there is no definite point when our friendship began, and I […]
She had been playing hide and seek for many days now. Making an appearance quietly in the night and leaving her mark. It was only when you woke up in the morning did you realise she had been there. The morning air smelled different. The fragrance of her visit lingered on, adding a freshness to
Grey… The world becomes grey when I move over the creek. The rail track a dark grey, the water a light grey, the sky a lighter grey and the mist surrounding me is the lightest, almost white grey. The horizon is blurred; the sea and sky go from being one to another at no definite
Count your blessings. This is something I always say. I might forget it at times. But then something or the other happens to remind me of this and I begin to count my blessings once more. That is something that happened to me the day before. I was casually discussing the weekend that was with
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To say that the last 3 weeks have been busy will be the understatement of the century. Have left my comfort zone and taken to crossing from one end of the city to another everyday now! So it’s easily four and a half hours of traveling everyday, which includes riding in 6 trains!!!! Left a
Here’s a list of activities – classify them as have done, have not done and want to do…. its fun! Have Climbed a mountain – a small one! Said ‘I love you’ and meant it Hugged a tree Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise Gotten drunk on champagne – wine actually,
The old visitors of my blog know how i went from being an engineer to a marketer… Well a lot of others know it too… The self obsessed person that I am, I keep talking about it. And an interesting tale it makes too, so keeps the conversation flowing. But this post is not about
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I got swamped with work as soon as I came back from my vacation and am just sauntering back to blogging. I went over to Ricky’s and was just scrolling to see the posts I have missed. Now imagine my surprise when I saw Blog Story Review: Progati – The Tale of Progress The post
Wish all of you a great 2007. New year resolutions are such cliches, but thinking up strange resolutions can sure be fun! And so I have a list of Anks’ Resolutions – As crazy as Anks herself! Drink Water – I must’ve been a camel in the last birth, coz I can survive even the
For you Juneli… I talk to myself… all the time I absolutely love having coffee, but will go without it for days because I feel I’m overdoing it I can’t be mean to others… well, most of the time I can’t stand raw onions… ewww I cut my long painfully straight hair recently (and am
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