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Remember Part 2
We, like butterflies, will flit and float Through life Rendered utterly meaningless, Because the very methods we use to cope Spell the end of all hope. Continue reading
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Lessons from Aikido and how inadequacy is all in the head
This is a post that I had the opportunity to write for a wonderful blog called mommygolightly.com, by Lalita Iyer – a lady with an eye for the special moments of life. This was posted there on September 4th – http://mommygolightly.com/2015/09/04/lessons-from-aikido-and-how-inadequacy-is-all-in-the-head/. Glad to share it here. Please do share your thoughts and opinions. And do… Continue reading
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To Christella Ma’am
I was in Class 5 and even then English was my favourite subject and Christella Ma’am, my class teacher was my English teacher. Halfway through the year we had, each, to work on a project. I had to do something related to verbs or tenses… I don’t remember. What I do remember is breezing through… Continue reading
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You Don’t Know How It Feels!
“Mumma you don’t know how it feels!” sobbed my girl. The bus ride back home from school had been the ‘worstest’ ever in her 6 years of travelling to and fro from her school. She had had a tiff with her two best friends. In her own words, “We always talk after a fight. But… Continue reading
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Learning… In my 40s
We all know that learning is a life-long process, but I am beginning to believe that it is a process that we truly enjoy only as we grow older and, when we are not shackled by exams or competition, but are learning things for the sheer challenge and pleasure of it. Continue reading
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Justice
If you are in India or are an Indian or even an Indophile, you must be aware of the Salman Khan hit-and-run case. He is a famous Bollywood star. Nearly 13 years ago, he got behind the wheels of his SUV drunk, and despite his bodyguard advising him not to, he drove… over a few… Continue reading
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10 Reasons Why An NRI Misses India
I am a bit stuck today. Not a writer’s block, but I don’t feel like posting anything that I have written. Not good enough… too personal… not ready to share blah blah. Then as I was sitting in front of the TV and trying hard to not watch the IPL match between Delhi and Mumbai,… Continue reading
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Vulnerability
I am here again! And today I know what I am going to write about. I am sorry. I realise there are prompts for each day’s 500 words. But I am on my trip… as usual. Today I want to write about Vulnerability. A word that I have been preoccupied with for the last 9… Continue reading
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Stuck
Most days when I actually sit down to write, the words flow. And then there are days like today. I have not written a word the last few days… the weekend, a bout of cold and friends visiting from India. This is such a terribly familiar litany that I am cringing with shame as I… Continue reading
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