Daddy’s name is Subhash – which means soft spoken. Dad is the anti-thesis of that name though. A spade is a spade is a spade, and he refuses to call it anything but a spade. Thankfully he has Mom for a life partner, who act as a foil and balances out his frankness. Over the… Read More Daddy #OpenNTalk #FantasticPapa #Week2
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to – J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings. This quote is one of my favourites because it sums me up perfectly, as I… Read More The World is the Oyster making me a Pearl #SayYesToTheWorld #BloggerContest
Hello there, Newbie Blogger! So, there you are, just having started Blogging, all armed with a brand new blog and ideas, raring to go! I am guessing you are writing away every day, if not every other day. Doing up your blog, changing themes and fonts, et al! How do I know, you ask? Haven’t… Read More Advice I’d Like To Give A Newbie #ChatterPrompts
As January of each year nears an end a frisson of excitement can be felt in Blogger air. For the question, ‘Are you doing the AtoZ?’ starts doing the rounds. Are we talking in a special blogger code you wonder? Not at all! We are talking of a Blogging Challenge awaited by most Bloggers around… Read More First timer at the #AtoZChallenge ? This could help you!
Happy 2018 to you! There is something special about the start of a brand New Year, isn’t it! The feeling of starting on a clean slate is so exciting! This year though I consciously skipped making New Year resolutions, as I have rarely followed them through and have been plagued by guilt when I… Read More My Five Wishes for 2018 #Blogadda #WOW
Life is a box, wrapped and presented to us as a welcome gift at birth. The beauty of it is that we are allowed to unwrap it every day and get something new out of it each time we do. There are times we love what we pick out and then there are times we… Read More Life is a box of… #WOW #Blogadda
A treasure is something precious. Or something cherished that you hold dear. A true treasure is also something that should be yours to keep, something that no one could take away from you. If I sweep a glance over the things I have that I may consider as treasures so far, I realise that everything… Read More My Words are my Treasure #WriteTribe #writebravely
The power in the room could be felt, it was that palpable. A gleaming table that stretched from one end of the room to the other end had the heads of all important countries sitting around it’s rectangle. Coffees held in gold plated cups had gone cold while sweat made an appearance on creased… Read More War and Pieces #BarAThon
‘Another one, Darvin?’ asked the Chief Inspector and he looked down. ‘Chief!’ saluted his Deputy, ‘Yes, one more’ his gaze followed his superiors, towards the body sprawled on the grass. ‘Any evidence this time?’ the Chief circled the body. ‘None, Sir. Much like the last few times.’ replied the Deputy. ‘Hmmmm’ the Chief mopped his… Read More Of Ice and Men #BarAThon
Mr Oliver Piebald was a big man. In stature, and otherwise. He was the Earl of Stratton and lived on an estate he had inherited, which was the size of half a dozen football fields put together. When Esther married him she thought she was the luckiest girl in the world. Her husband was tall,… Read More Life of Pie #Barathon