On the 8th of November at around 8 pm Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an announcement stating that from midnight onwards on the same day currency notes of Rs 500/- and Rs 1000/- denominations would be rendered redundant. They would lose their value as currency per se, but could be exchanged for newer…
Why Vanity is my Sanity
So a bunch of us Girls were having a serious professional discussion one day when, before we realized, we began pouring our hearts out to each other (we are Girls, that’s how we roll!) In the midst of this crazy, baring-our-souls-out, conversation one of us remarked that thankfully we don’t look like all that…
Book Review: My Father Is A Hero by Nishant Kaushik
Vaibhav Kulkarni is a single father to his 10 year old daughter Nisha. Having buried his dreams in his hometown Akola, he lives and struggles though a middle class existence in Pune without a complain, just to see a smile on his daughter face. Nisha is most parents dream of an ideal child, the pride…
Copycat
She carefully watched and mirrored everything she saw. Her gestures, her diction, her walk, how she laughed. She demanded a haircut similar to hers, and clothes too. She wanted everything she had. And the Mother smiled down at her mini-me Daughter as she chucked her under her cherubic chin and playfully called her a…
The House #FridayFotoFiction #Week2
The Photo prompt for todays 100 word post Image credit – Shamatura Ilya His plush car braked smoothly and soundlessly. He got down and walked towards the dilapidated house. His souvenir. He looked at with with the same disgust he had looked at it the first time before a smile lit up his face, just…
I don’t know #ThankfulThursdays
Tell us one habit of yours which makes you Thankful-Todays Prompt How many times have you been misled when you asked for directions, because the person giving them to you didn’t know them but was too afraid/egoistic to say, ‘I don’t know’ How many times have you, or someone you know, missed a chance at something because…
Of Passports and Pictures #InkMagic
The first time I was dragged went to have my passport picture taken was just after my mid-term Math exam, straight from school. Two liberally oiled plaits hung on either side of a face that showed proof of just how the Math exam had gone. The studio photographer, a family favourite, was an old…
Fully Filmy Family #TadkaTuesday
Which movie/s do you relate to most, and why, was the prompt by #TadkaTuesday and the fl0odgates of memory opened up! Have you watched the film , Seven Brides for Seven Brothers? Or the Indian version of the same, Satte pe Satta? You have? Well, I’ve lived it. I grew up in a big family,…
The Blog Commandments
Getting a Blog is akin to catching a common cold these days. Eventually, most people get it. So, once you’ve got a Blog what do you do? You write a post. You share that post with friends and/or social media and think you a done. Right? Wrong! Much like when you start driving you need…
The Bride Who Would Not Burn – Rajesh Talwar
Ravinder is an eligible boy who manages a shop along with his father in Ghaziabad. He and his family are extremely impressed by the wealth and lavish lifestyle of Poonam, a girl he is shown for an arranged marriage. They have secret expectations of a fat dowry from her widowed mother, Mrs Bajaj, and hope…