Focaccia & Fortitude – Healing From Scratch
The world still doesn’t know how & why death shows up. How can there be any answer to why people turn out the way they do?
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Gehraiyaan: A Good Galentine’s Day Release & An Okay Solo Date Watch
Spoiler alert: This post talks about the film Gehraiyaan & references several key plot points. If you haven’t seen the film & plan to, please do not read further. Trigger warnings: Childhood neglect, self-harm, abuse, infidelity. ~O~O~O~O~O~O~ Yes, I said that. I know today is Valentine’s Day & this film…
Survival Blinkers
October has come and gone like a hurricane. This is the month that leaves me with no doubt that 2017 is a year of reckoning, a time of forces greater than myself imposing lessons that I must learn. The events of this year have been incongruously challenging and disproportionately trying….
One Day Past Thirty-Five
I wanted to write a post today but I’ve only gotten to it now and it’s past 2 a.m. which means it’s technically tomorrow but I’m still awake so I call it today. It’s Day 1 of being 35. I’m just past the mid-way mark of The Thirty Diaries. And…
C is for City
I had an idea for a non-fiction piece when I realised today’s A2ZChallenge prompt ‘C’ would carry a story version well, if I said it stood for City. Tell me what you think. ~O~O~O~O~O~ C is for City It was hot even at that hour. Summer was here. Rhea stared…
To Marry Or Not To Marry, That Is The Question
Recently a friend explained why he doesn’t believe in the institution of marriage. He can’t stand the political dynamics that are natural to any family, the complication of multiple opinions and agendas and the excessive rituals. I can’t say I agree. I know there is a common notion (further popularized…
Reverb 10.18: A New Dream
Short and possibly repetitive, it looks like the rest of Reverb10 is going to be. After all, I guess how many introspective questions can there be for an aspiring writer? December 18 – Try. What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in…
Reverb 10.11: What I Don’t Need In 2011 (And How I’m Avoiding Them)
A list! I love lists! And that’s only the first reason why this Reverb 10 prompt has me singing. December 11: 11 Things What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your…
Tiny Tales: Emderatology
Close to midnight on Saturday, the coffee server on duty reported two dead people in the shop. The couple had been seated in the back booth of the cafe for over three hours, he recalled. When asked why she didn’t report it earlier, she said that she only noticed when…
BlogAdda 3: Protecting Your Privacy
My third post is up on BlogAdda. Last week I talked about how to build accessibility for a blog through feeds and link-sharing mechanisms. This week I take a look at the exact opposite. While the internet opens you up to a broad range of people and experiences, it also…
The World Of Straight & Gay-Friendly
I’ve had the privilege of being the straight voice of Gaysi for a year and a half now. I’ve listened to coming-out conversations. I’ve met openly gay people. I’ve attended the launch of a book about gays in India. I’ve faced my own conflicted confusion and resolved it. I’ve even…
A Laundered Life
I feel like my life is being scrubbed with a very hard brush and industrial-strength detergent. It’s almost mid-way through 2010 and I’m hoping the rest of this year speeds by quickly. It really hasn’t been a good time at all. I feel like everything around me is dropping away,…
Game-Playing
I’ve just returned from an old-fashioned family vacation at the ‘native place’, complete with grand-parents, cousins and mangoes. It was nice to not have to be a boss, a sparkling wit, a responsible citizen, a busy commuter or any of those multitudinous other roles I seem to keep juggling. On…
13 And 30 On The Beach
I’m back from my week-long break and I’ll write a more detailed post in due course of time. It’s been a week full of experiences (travelling to another place always is, isn’t it?). I still have to sort out my thoughts, shake the sand out of my shoes (yes, there…
At The End Of The Lane
The Raja family took the flight out today. Uncle has retired so they’re moving to the house they bought in their native city awhile back, in anticipation of just such a time. They leave behind a spacious flat on the top floor of a building at the end of a leafy,…
Not According To Plan
I wasn’t a cool kid. I wasn’t a hip teenager. I was perpetually confused, secretly angsty and with no Lakshya. I had no life. But I had a plan. A decade later I look back and wonder, How ever did things turn out so differently?! Here’s how. I dropped out of…
The Gameplan (The Perfect Life)
One of my landmark conversations with my boss started off with, I have a plan. He smiled and said, I’m always glad to hear that. Let’s hear it. And in that moment I knew he had assessed me (right) before I’d assessed myself and he liked what he saw. I…
Another Candle On The Cake
My body really is a wonderland. It celebrates 29 years of existance this week. And I’m still discovering new things I can do with it. I don’t feel old. Or older. Or wiser. All I am is happy, very happy. I’ve felt very loved and cherished this month. Thank you,…
Photographs
I was burrowing through my closet the other day. Buried beneath the long-forgotten scarves and shawls and tee-shirts, I found an album. Just before he left for his first trip back home to Delhi, he asked me, What shall I get you from there? And I said. Yourself. Lots of yourself….
The Vagina Dialogues – 2
My last tweet reads: Ever get the feeling you’ve said all there is to say? That’s NOT where I am. I feel like nothing I can say now can top what I already said. Let me try anyway. It’s not going to be pretty or classy or well-written. There are…