Some relationships don’t work out. They just don’t. It isn’t about who or what went wrong or where. Sometimes patience gets stretched too much at the seams, the cloth ripping off noisily with no scope for mending. One can try salvaging it with momentary patchwork but the fact remains that when time runs out for… Read More The One where I did the Unthinkable
Way back in 2017, I had my first brush with the Indian English standup comedy scene. Thanks to some contest I won on Twitter, I got free tickets to a gig at the Canvas Laugh Club, Palladium in Lower Parel. The lineup for the day boasted of comics like Jeeya Sethi, Anshu Mor, and others.… Read More My 5 favourite comics in Indian English standup comedy
I hide at my vantage point quietly peering at him. Sooner or later he’ll find me and call me names. His presence distresses me although I’m well aware that he can’t harm me in any way. He isn’t a bully per se but hasn’t taken me into his fold yet. I’m an outsider imposed upon… Read More Snippets of my life
The aroma of the freshly bought book swept over me. As I sifted through the crisp pages with my fingers, the bright pictures in it seemed to call out to me. It wasn’t an alien language but seemed overwhelming nevertheless. Pity though, to feel so for everyone’s childhood favourite Chandamama! Having studied in a convent… Read More My Reasons for Reading #BlogchatterBlogHop
Today is one of those days when my super active mind is trying to string together loads of seemingly unrelated but certainly relevant stuff. We cannot function keeping every aspect of our existence separate from each other, can we? What influences us on one front has a lasting effect on the rest of us too.… Read More Positive thoughts
I can substantiate with some authority that after being married for 15 years predicting your spouses’ moves, moods even words is a cakewalk. A has a Sales profile and has been working from home for the last 15 months with just a couple of flying visits to work. During this time I’ve seen him negotiate… Read More Kick that FOMO!
When I started my first blog on Blogger 13 years ago it was more or less an online personal diary. I wrote anonymously and loved the freedom it gave me to express, interact and occasionally rant. Varsh became my pen name and my husband and toddler son with their numerous histrionics regularly featured on it.… Read More Scribblings in my Personal Diary