Hello, dear readers! As content creators, we tend to focus on trending topics, keywords, and SEO optimised content that would get us on the coveted first search page. Our real work starts after our posts are published and trust me, that’s the more challenging part. While it’s a great way to gain recognition, traffic, and… Read More Can striving for good health be a wrong choice?
Travel has a magical soothing effect on us, doesn’t it? Exploring a new place allows us to step out of our comfort zones and live new adventures. It’s a humbling learning experience that makes us more world-wise than the best classroom lessons. Whether it is travelling within or outside India, new languages and dialects, customs,… Read More Family trip or Guilt trip?
Disclaimer: This is a personal experience. Any resemblance to any harrowed mother or shrugging father wary of parent-teacher meetings anywhere is purely coincidental, and understandable. You have my empathy. Mumbai was enveloped by angry grey clouds ready to lash and drown everything they towered upon that day. The pleasant feel-good drizzling of the day before… Read More Parent-Teacher Meeting and Me
Since college, reading has been my companion, escape, and credence during challenging times. Occasionally, someone or something gets on my nerves. I turn to books for solace and they welcome me with a warm embrace. I have been known to forget all existence and pour myself into their company for hours, sometimes days. Yet, for… Read More My thoughts: The Ghost Writer by A. R. Torre
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
Mitali adjusted the pallu of her cotton saree, careful not to overdo the creases. Its lovely plain parrot green colour and pale blue border lined with golden motifs complimented her Ikkat lilac blouse beautifully. She had taken special care with her makeup and jewellery today. Her smoky black kohled eyes and nude lipstick paired perfectly… Read More Coffee and Memories
There was an unmistakable bounce in Raju’s step today. He was so pleased that even lugging the heavy grocery bags couldn’t dampen his spirits. He playfully saw the setting sun through a circle made with his thumb and forefinger and smiled at it. It looked like the orange candy he often had, but today was… Read More The Chocolate