Context: Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Naga Chaitanya (Chay), and Sobhita Dhulipala are professional Indian actors. Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya had a fairytale romance and wed in 2017. Their fans were still oohing and aahing over their seemingly lovey-dovey relationship and their perfect marriage when the couple abruptly announced their separation and eventually divorced in…
Grief is a glass door
Grief is a glass door. At times you miss seeing it, till you walk right into it. That first impact numbs you, even embarrasses you. Till the pain or the shame of it sets in. Why didn’t you see it? How could you walk into it? We shy away from talking about grief. Some of…
Food for Thought
Food for Thought is inspired by Aarti Punjabi’s Instagram post and our flavorful memories of an evening in Kolkata. Dusty tree-lined lanes branched out into by-lanes on either side. The September sun was beginning to dim its glare, but the midday siesta had hand cart pullers, shopkeepers, and street dogs still sleeping. The GPS on…
Let’s stop the glorification of ‘busy’
‘I am busy.’ ‘I don’t have the time.’ ‘I am/was so caught up.’ You and me, we’ve both heard and used these sentences in our daily lives—multiple times. In fact, these sentences have become such a norm that no further explanation is required. We are so comfortable glorifying the term ‘busy’ that we rarely pause…
#Meiyazhagan: Wise life lessons embedded in a beautiful film
Spoiler Alert: This post contains surprises you may encounter when you watch Meiyazhagan. If you haven’t watched the film and plan to do so, you may want to skip this post. Watched what: Meiyazhagan Watched where: Netflix Language: Tamil (language and subtitle options available) Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 58 minutes Cast: Arvind Swamy. Karthi. Various others….
Of Words & Wishes #TheBlogchatterBookOfLove
Writing is a lonely journey. It is a writer, their thoughts, ideas, and words, all existing in a bubble. A story in its nascent stage is most fragile, and you are wary of sharing it as opinions and suggestions could dent a hole in the bubble within which a writer crafts their story. My fortuitous…
Why didn’t anyone tell me my Bindi was askew?
You can set your watch by me, that’s how punctual I am. However, sometimes I do have days that make me rush through my routine to keep my punctuality record intact. Last week I had one of those days. I slept through my alarm and woke up to realize that I had precious little time…
Here’s looking at you, 2023! #TheYearAndYou
12 months. 365 days. 8760 Hours. 525600 Minutes. 31557600 Seconds. Each time a year draws to a close, I find myself looking back at it to conduct a year audit and a self audit. I remember starting 2023 with dread and hope, a strange cocktail, wouldn’t you say? As one month followed the next, hope…
The Old Woman and I #BlogchatterBlogHop
The clouds seemed to be darkening by the minute thought Mia as she looked up at the sky yet again. She then craned her neck to look down the winding road as far as her eye could see. No sign of the bus yet, she sighed to herself her shoulders drooping just like her mouth…
The Beach #WriteAPageADay
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…