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5 Amazing Valentine’s Day Gift ideas

Not long after New Year revelry starts  waning out Valentine’s Day fever and excitement takes over. This special day celebrates love of and for everyone. It is endearing to have kids scrawl hand-written notes for their parents or watch the elderly dotingly share an indulgent piece of chocolate. Love is in the air and everyone… Read More 5 Amazing Valentine’s Day Gift ideas

Fiction, Love, Relationships, Story-telling, Such is life, Writing

The Picture #ShortStory (Part 3)

Read first part of The Picture #ShortStory here. Read the second part of the story here. “Who is this from?” Mohit wondered looking at the long email he had just received. Apart from college assignments it had information about various competitive exams to apply for after graduation. It was from someone named Kriti who even after racking… Read More The Picture #ShortStory (Part 3)

Feelings, Fiction, Friends, Love, Relationships, Story-telling, Such is life, Writing

The Picture #ShortStory (Part 1)

Mohit gazed out the window of his luxurious corner office absently toying with his half-filled coffee mug. The picture perfect view of the Queen’s Necklace normally warmed his heart and soothed his ego but today his mind was elsewhere. The coffee had long gone cold while his eyes lay transfixed on the crashing waves. He… Read More The Picture #ShortStory (Part 1)

Friendship, Non-fiction, People, Quotes, Relationships, Sharing views, Such is life, Thinking hat, Thoughts and musings

Why do we need a forever?

Two and a half decades ago I shook hands with a friend and declared that we were best friends. Teenagers then, the whole idea was to claim exclusivity over each other’s time, gossip and have a ready shoulder to cry on. The term BFF or Best Friends Forever wasn’t coined till then (if it was,… Read More Why do we need a forever?

Fiction, Relationships

The Blue Roof #WoWe

Nilesh cuddled with his grandfather and looked out the tiny window of the attic. His recent fixation, the mountain peak, looked distant from their blue roofed home. He listened with rapt attention as the septuagenarian shared anecdotes of hitchhiking there as a kid on his father’s shoulders. The pride of the countless trips that followed… Read More The Blue Roof #WoWe