How do you deal with the sheer predictability of life? I sit in my tiny apartment balcony each evening, watching the city lights and trying to gather my thoughts on the day gone by. They rarely take a detour. At the end of every single day, I land up having done nearly the same things …
A to Z Challenge- MY JOURNEY (Registrations for 2021 now open)
(Image courtesy : Blogchatter) In March 2019, a post on Facebook caught my attention. I was a young blogger, looking to gain a foothold in the blogging world. The post was an announcement about a friend’s participation in a month-long blogging event, popularly called ‘The A to Z Challenge’. I must admit here that I …
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Wild flowers in the woods
Free Image More than four decades ago, in an army cantonment far away from the city, a young Captain and his new bride sat watching ‘The Little Tramp’ in action. As the Captain rolled over laughing, his young bride peered into his sparkling eyes with admiration. Her own eyes, then darted towards the wall clock. …
IMPERFECT LIVES
The acceptance of who we are is a daunting task. So hung up are we on the flawlessness of existence, that we spend long hours ironing away the wrinkles. The political correctness of living consumes us early on in life. I remember a class-fellow at school whose fastidious devotion to carving out an impeccable life …
THE KALI PROJECT is published!
Dear readers, It gives me great pleasure to announce that two of my poems titled 'Women Who Read Break Families' and 'The Dance of Rebellion' are part of the wonderful 'The Kali Project' by Indie Blue Publishing. The links for the book are given below. Please support this powerful work by Indian women poets.CONGRATULATIONS THE …
BEING THE WILDERNESS
Between everything that goes on in life, the wilderness teaches me more lessons than all my reading combined. Even in a metropolis, I am capable of finding my own wastelands. Unattended and forsaken, they don’t care about the haphazard fashion statements of the civilized world. On another thought, I like to identify myself with the …
A Hundred Quills 