Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. This is a topic that has been discussed and dissected when it is not being used, abused, referred to, or taken advantage of, each time debating inhabitants of Mars and Venus come face to face. Because the chasm between the two planets is so vast, messages,…
Category: #ThinkingAloud
Why getting Mugged was the best thing to have happened to Me #BlogaberryDazzle
Mugged: To be attacked and robbed in a public area. On the morning of the 27th of April 2021, I was on my way to meet a friend for our everyday Morning walk. It was 6:15 am, the day was bright and I saw many people around me either walking, cycling, or going about their…
How to identify a ‘Mad Woman’ #BlogaberryDazzle
One morning I received a phone call from a friend who said, ‘Arre yaar, Mummy pagal ho rahi hai’ (Mom is going mad). My mind instantly raced back to last year, when the same friend had lost her Father. His death had taken everyone by surprise and most of all Aunty (friend’s mother). Aunty had…
Resources For Parents Trying To Keep Their Kids Learning And Engaged
It has been quite hard for working parents since 2020 due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Offices and schools have shifted to their homes. Kids are spending all the time at home. To cope with the top schedule of managing work and home, parents are looking for different activities to make their child busy the whole…
Why choosing to be a Good Girl is a Bad Choice
My earliest memory of a compliment is being patted on the head, smiled at, and being called a ‘Good Girl’. I have no recollection of when it was or what I may have done to earn it, all I remember is that it felt very nice to hear myself being addressed as thus. As I…
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Why are we here? How long will we continue to feel this way? When will this period of agony end? Questions darken the horizon, and no answers seem to be in sight. Will bright blue skies and fluffy clouds ever make an appearance again? Metaphors for how most of us feel right now. Finding yourself…
Getting Vaccinated? Reading this could help
Disclaimer: The contents of this post are a compilation of my personal thoughts and experiences. I am Vaccinated, having taken both my shots, and I am often asked these questions, which I thought I would answer through my blog post. The contents of this post are NOT a substitute for medical advice and should not…
Mango Sundays : A Slice of Life
I must start with a confession. Till I was almost a teenager, I thought Alphonso’s were the only Mangoes there were. I mean when you grow up in Bombay and feast on Hapoos (the local name for the Alphonso Mango), why would you want to eat, or know otherwise? Summer’s meant school holidays and the…
Why I traded my double life for the one I love #30ColoursOfLove
Cheerful Funny Positive Full of life Vibrant These are the adjectives attributed to me often, by people who know me offline and online. They hold true too. Well, at least they used to, till a while ago. A few years ago life took a turn and left me in a place where I had no…
My Word of the Year for 2021 #WOTY
What is Word of the Year? At the start of a new year, you choose a word you could use to set goals or a word to represent how you would like the year to pan out for you. Put it down in the form of a blog post, or write it down where you…