Friday Reflections, hosted by Sanch Vee and Corinne had a very intresting question, ‘Describe your relationship with your parents. Has it changed? For better or worse? ‘, as a prompt. The question took me down memory lane and here I share snippets of memory with you. I grew up with Parents who were, and still are, as different from each …
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Straight #FridayFotoFiction #Week3
If we thought Week1 of #FridayFotoFiction was fun, Week2 surprised us by being even more so! It was interesting to read varied thoughts making up the entries for the same prompt. Tina and I decided the winner individually and when we matched notes we were pleasantly surprised to see the same name; Preethi Venugopala your take on the prompt blew us …
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BeYOUtiful
We’ve all probably heard the saying, ‘You’re known by the company you keep’. But how many of us realise that we eventually become the company we keep too? Everyday relationships, friendships and even acquaintance-ships have the slow and silent power to rub off their effects and behavioural patterns onto you. When you find yourself amongst people whom you dislike or …
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Lessons #Demonetization taught me
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 currency over the next few …
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Vanity is my Sanity!
So a bunch of us Girls were having a serious professional discussion one day when, before we realized we were 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 we’ve all gone through and I …
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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 of her school and teachers, …
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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 ‘Copycat’ Written for The Daily …
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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 like it had that first …
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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 you didn’t know, but were …