As kids summers meant Sundays spent at the beach. At the crack of dawn, my sister and I would be up, waking our favorite uncle (only for the beach Sundays, please! We could afford to be picky. We had 5 uncles, you see!) from the deep slumber he had fallen into after returning home from…
Category: #ThinkingAloud
My Favourite Things About Winter Are…#BlogchatterBlogHop
Let me start with a confession. In Bombay or Mumbai, as it is known, we don’t really have what other states of India called ‘Winter’. What we do have is a change of season. So, from the end of October onwards when there is a slight nip in the air and we need to switch…
How Sameera Reddy is ‘Influencing’ people the right way.
‘…aur ahista kijiye baatein, dhadkane koi sun raha hoga’…if you grew up listening to this soulful ghazal by Pankaj Udhas there are chances that you remember the pavadai (half saree)clad, long-haired, dusky beauty from the music video too. That beauty was Sameera Reddy. That video was her debut and it got her noticed and how!…
How playing Online Games helps me Offline
Everyone has their own way of untangling the crossed wires of their mind. My way happens to be playing online games. When I hit a mental block, or feel too overwhelmed by more thoughts and ideas than my brain can handle, or when I just need to destress my go-to is online games. So, just…
I want to visit Mars! #BlogchatterBlogHop
For their weekly Blog Hop, one of the prompts by Blogchatter for this week was, ‘Would you rather visit Moon or Mars?’. Mars! Mars! I want to visit Mars! Why? That’s where the men are supposedly from! ‘Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus’, remember this line? How many times have you read…
Choosing between Reading and Writing #BlogchatterBlogHop
Reading and Writing are both my loves. How do you choose one over the other, and in this case one without the other? I read so that I can write better. I write what others would like to read. When I go back in time, I realize that I discovered reading and writing together. I…
4 Things About Today’s World That Puzzle Me #BlogchatterBlogHop
The only constant thing in this world is change. When I was growing up change used to be gradual, even slow if I may add, but the pace is not the same anymore. The speed of change is now dizzying. Change is exciting and it is also scary but if you have to grow you…
The Library Period #BlogchatterBlogHop
‘Form a single file, put your finger on your lips, and follow me’, rang out Ms. Phadnis’s clear voice in the corridor. We looked at each other with barely contained excitement, furiously whispering behind the finger on our lips. ‘No talking, Girls!’, Ms. Phadnis turned back to glare us down. Like the little mice in…
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying A New House
Buying a house is one of the most important decisions in a person’s life. It is also one of the most expensive ones. One can find that buying a house is confusing and overwhelming. There are many steps to buy a house and it’s important to find out what you need in order to buy…
Discrimination begins at home #CauseAChatter
‘Kaali/Kaala’ (dark skinned) ‘Mota/Moti’ (fat) ‘Tinga/Tingi’ (short) ‘Duffer’ (dumb/slow) ‘Andha/Andhi’ (blind) ‘Don’t gossip /cry/behave like a woman!’ ‘Why are you so aggressive? It makes you look manly.’ ‘Girls should play with dolls’. ‘Buys shouldn’t wear pink.’ ‘Don’t swear like a fisherwoman’. ‘Why are you behaving in this low-class manner?’ ‘No one will marry…