The Photo prompt for todays 100 word post Image credit – Shamatura Ilya His plush car braked smoothly and soundlessly. He got down and walked towards the dilapidated house. His souvenir. He looked at with with the same disgust he had looked at it the first time before a smile lit up his face, just…
Month: November 2016
I don’t know #ThankfulThursdays
Tell us one habit of yours which makes you Thankful-Todays Prompt How many times have you been misled when you asked for directions, because the person giving them to you didn’t know them but was too afraid/egoistic to say, ‘I don’t know’ How many times have you, or someone you know, missed a chance at something because…
Of Passports and Pictures #InkMagic
The first time I was dragged went to have my passport picture taken was just after my mid-term Math exam, straight from school. Two liberally oiled plaits hung on either side of a face that showed proof of just how the Math exam had gone. The studio photographer, a family favourite, was an old…
Fully Filmy Family #TadkaTuesday
Which movie/s do you relate to most, and why, was the prompt by #TadkaTuesday and the fl0odgates of memory opened up! Have you watched the film , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? Or the Indian version of the same, Satte pe Satta? You have? Well, I’ve lived it. I grew up in a big family,…
The Blog Commandments
Getting a Blog is akin to catching a common cold these days. Eventually, most people get it. So, once you’ve got a Blog what do you do? You write a post. You share that post with friends and/or social media and think you a done. Right? Wrong! Much like when you start driving you need…
The Bride Who Would Not Burn – Rajesh Talwar
Ravinder is an eligible boy who manages a shop along with his father in Ghaziabad. He and his family are extremely impressed by the wealth and lavish lifestyle of Poonam, a girl he is shown for an arranged marriage. They have secret expectations of a fat dowry from her widowed mother, Mrs Bajaj, and hope…
Love #FridayFotoFiction
This is the Photo Prompt for #FridayFotoFiction, which I co-host with Tina Scroll down to the end of the post for more details and join us! 🙂 He had proposed to her in this restaurant, she smiled at the memory, and it had become their favorite ever since. They’d celebrated every special occasion here, from…
October Gratitude Post
Gratitude felt and expressed every day brings more your way, has been my belief for a long time now. No matter what may not be going right for you in your life, we always but always have something to be thankful for, even if it may be just one tiny thing. And if you concentrate…
Eerie
She loved him like she did the moment she had set her eyes on him for the first time. She loved him like no other could. She loved him and wanted him. It would be eerie if he ever found out that she still loved him after her untimely death more than a year…
5 Lessons I learnt from doing a Daily Blogging Challenge
I signed up for the Ultimate Blog Challenge (UBC) with BlogChatter last month, where we needed to write and post daily, through the month. While writing gives me a high, the ‘what to write’ and finding time to write it are the tough bits and what drove me metal, almost. Till a few deep breaths later…