Hey there, 2021! Look at you, strutting about all shiny and new! Pause from the preening and come here and sit with this old man for a bit. You know what, newbie? You should be thankful to me! Thankful to me, you raise your eyebrows? When the entire world was deriding me and couldn’t wait…
Mumbai To Surat – A Post-COVID Road Trip
Coping with the current pandemic has not been easy for anyone. COVID-19 has brought the whole world to its feet. With the imposition of numerous lockdowns since April, most of my travel plans for the year got shelved. Now after seven long months, our lives are slowly coming back to normal. Also, with the government…
5 Hair Care Tips That You Must Include in Your Beauty Regimen
Your hair plays a vital role in enhancing your look overall. If it is dull and unhealthy, it shows, and you will be unable to get your hair game on point. During such situations, bad hair days start occurring often. However, you do not have to worry much because you can change the game with…
How 2020 gave me perfect vision #SpeakeasyWithRuchiNDips
As 2019 was readying itself to make its exit, I had my fingers crossed as I made a silent resolution that 2020 would be a turning point in my life. The new year did not start on the note I hoped it would, but I told myself I have 11 more months to get it…
5 South Indian Dishes That Everyone Loves
The beauty of our vast country is that as geography varies so does the cuisine. I was born and bought up in Bombay, Maharashtra, and having lived there for most of my life, the South Indian dishes I enjoyed were the conventional Idli and Masala Dosa with Sambhar and Chutney. Moving from Bombay to the…
Book Review: Girls and the City by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
📚Read What: Girls and the City by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar 📚Read What: Paperback. Also available in Ebook format. 📚Genre: Thriller. Drama 📚What’s the Plot: Reshma Talwar is a no-nonsense young executive from Chandigarh. Leela Laxmi, an unwed single mother, and Juhi Jha, a smart as a whip opportunist from Unnao. The 3 girls meet while…
VIBGYOR : My Theme for #MyFriendAlexa
So, I did have a theme for #MyFriendAlexa. However, I deliberately chose not to share it at the start and decided that I would reveal it only at the end. My stories were; V – Violet for Vadamalli. Vadamalli is the Tamil name used to describe the color that is neither purple nor pink, which…
Rusty: Micro Fiction #MyFriendAlexa
2020 had been a nightmare so far and the shocks it kept giving refused to abate. She was sure she was only one among the millions who thought so. The grief, the losses, and the pain that this year had brought along had tinged everything a dull gray.’ God! Give me a sign that this…
Neela: Short Story #MyFriendAlexa
‘My daughter Neela is very patient. She is responsible, never complains, and is very large-hearted. She enjoys keeping the house ekdum saaf (very clean). She has no other qualities I could boast of though. Very plain looking, sadly she takes after me there.’ said Neela’s father, much to the chagrin of Susheela Tai, their neighbor…
Roli: Short Story #MyFriendAlexa
Based on a True Story Nina and Roli huffed and puffed as they climbed up the slope in the park. The morning sun was reluctantly making its way out from under its blanket of clouds when Roli’s smartwatch showed them they had walked 3 kilometers. ‘2 more to go, girl!’ exclaimed Nina, looking at hers,…