When we were younger, we couldn’t wait to grow older. Now that we are older, we reminisce about our ‘younger days’. The fickle human mind! Without realizing it we also tend to sort people according to their age. Teenagers have it all. 20-year-olds are carefree. 30’s mean going down the hill. 40 is mature. After…
Category: #ThinkingAloud
The Fragile Thread of Friendship
I recently lost a friendship. Ambiguity, and perhaps understanding running dry, wore out the thread binding two people together, and a relationship carefully nurtured over the years snapped apart. I let it go too. Was I relieved to see it end or was I too tired to give anymore? I am still unsure. The end…
No Country for Women
In a small town near Jammu, 8 year old Asifa was grazing her horses. As the day turned to dusk, the horses returned home, without Asifa. A frantic search by worried parents yielded no results and little Asifa was nowhere to be found. Asifa turned up a week later, as a battered corpse. She had…
Lessons Sridevi’s Death should teach us #MayTivation
The morning of the 25th of February saw India waking up to a rude shock. Social Media and TV Chanel’s all across informed us that India’s renowned Superstar, the iconic Sridevi was dead. Aged 54 and seemingly in the pink of health, most people who follow Bollywood on Social Media had oohed and aahed over…
Of Marriage, Love and everything in between
That very last piece of chocolate you save. That glance across a crowded room that speaks only to you. That exasperated eye rolling, that questioning quirk of an eyebrow, that lopsided smile that signals special secrets. The waiting as she can’t decide between 15 shades of Red, and as he makes up his mind about the…
The Kindle Conundrum: To buy or not to buy?
If I had a rupee for each of the times, someone, exclaimed, ‘…but the Kindle is not a book!’, I would have bought myself a 2nd Kindle by now. Yes, the Kindle is not a book, it never claimed to be one either. It is an electronic reading device that allows you to carry and…
Hello, FOMO!
FOMO or Fear Of Missing Out is a social anxiety characterized by a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing. FOMO is also defined as a fear of regret, which may lead to a compulsive concern that one may miss out an opportunity for social interaction, a novel experience, profitable investment or…
So, you are a Blogger? #MyFriendAlexa
If you are reading this then the chances that you are a blogger are high. If you are reading this and aren’t a blogger, then the chances that you know a blogger (me) are pretty high too. In case you are neither and are still reading this, thank you. You have questions, you say? Fire…
Pehredaar Piya Ki: My View
Pehredaar Piya Ki is a Hindi Television Serial that airs on Sony TV, Monday to Friday at the prime time of 8:30 pm, IST. The basic premise of the story is that of an orphaned 9 year old boy (Ratan) from an aristocratic family who is married to a 19 year old girl (Diya), so…
Today I bought myself an Ink Pen
Today I bought myself an Ink Pen. ‘Hero Fountain Pen’ was the pen I last used in school. I remember the slim capsule like shape, with the body in colours like dark blue, black, maroon and green and a common golden cap for all. It made its slight weight felt when held. The joy was…