Pastel colors Sun-kissed skin Bunched up hair Languid limbs Muslin curtains Lazy days Glittering sunlight Elusive shade Chilled lemonade Pickles steeping in sunlight Golden mangoes Velvety buttermilk, frothy and light Arid throats Cerulean sky Infinite days Tired sighs So they come Here to stay Never-ending Languorous summer days.
In my book…
Blog-browsing on a lazy afternoon led me to fellow-Caferatian Indi’s blog where I came across this book quiz which I just HAD to have on mine! And here it is! Tra,La,La! Anything to do with books makes me happy!:)) A word about Indi:) She is a super writer who uses the minimum of words for…
Book Review : The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
With his debut novel, author Khaled Hosseini takes us to Afghanistan. An Afghanistan that was still untouched by the Taliban, where we weave through crowded streets, climb poplar trees, nibble on dried mulberries and walnuts and spend lazy holidays reading books with 12-year-old Amir and his servant boy and best friend, Hassan. To gain the…
Eve-teasing
The seeds are sown when ; You are asked to keep your distance from the boys, as soon as you are old enough to understand the word ‘different’. You are asked to come home before dark and not wander alone. You are asked to ‘behave like a girl’. It continues when ; You don’t dress…
Questionnaire
Spotted this rather interesting questionnaire on brilliant poet and fellow-Caferatian Heretic’s blog and thought it was too good to pass up:-) So here its is, posted on mine, with The Heretic’s kind permission of course! I know who you are. I know where you live. And, I know where to find you *evil cackle followed…
Cute
I hate being called ‘cute’ ! In Sharma-sisters lingo cute translates to ‘ugly-but-tolerable’ and in Mayuri-lingo cute translates to ‘ugly-but-not-vomit-inducing’ I hate being called ‘cute’ ! Cute is….stuffed teddy bears. Cute is….chubby kids whose cheeks you want to pull. Cute is….adverts like the Pond’s Googly woogly whoosh. Cute is….a word you use when…
Disjointed Outpourings
Having a free day all of a sudden in the midst of so, so many crazily hectic ones is like being caught in a sudden downpour. It leaves you a little nonplussed. With a wedding in the family fast approaching,the past 2 months have been mad, mad, MAD! Shopping has drained me completely. I…
Book Review : Shantaram
“A man and a book come into your life when you need them the most,” I remember reading this quote a while ago. To say I stumbled across Shantaram would be a blatant lie because Shantaram literally fell into my lap! Every waking hour, minute, and second of the past two weeks have been spent…
I’ve been Book-tagged!!!
TAG 1Bibli·ophi·lism Background:bib·li·o·phile also bib·li·o·phil (-fl) or bib·li·oph·i·list (bbl-f-lst) n.~ A lover of books.~ A collector of books.bibli·ophi·lism n. bibli·ophi·listic adj. So here goes. Books I own:****************For Gods sake!!!! You don’t expect me to remember all of them, do ya?!!!Ok, rough guess here. Might have around 200. Not counting the ones that have been begged,…
Ruminations on a Rumbling Stomach
It is 1’o’ clock in the afternoon. I am in my office. . I have just shown a client out and await the next one who is scheduled to be here at 2.There is 1 whole hour in between. Too long to do nothing, and too short to rush home and grab lunch. Visions of…