My New Year started on 31st January, 2024. To understand why, we have to dive head-first into 2022. I have high-functioning anxiety, which simply means that if you measure my performance at work or otherwise, basis how many things I get done in a day, as averse to how many I don’t, you would be Read more about Break-dance[…]
“Real Human Being and A Real Hero…” This song had me at hello. It gave me Cyndi Lauper feels. To be honest, I had my share of doubts about watching this film. I am not an action film enthusiast and I could not imagine Ryan Gosling walk the talk. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Read more about Drive[…]
“It’s alright, Ma, (I am only bleeding)“ ~ Bob Dylan As a child, I often used to wonder what will become of me. Growing up, I have often wondered what will become of children of the world. More importantly, what are we doing for them or what are we doing to them. Capernaum, a Lebanese Read more about Capernaum[…]
Sukhna… Anybody who has not witnessed the beauty of the place, at dawn, especially on a Sunday, has not lived enough. Yes, it is that beautiful and I am, in no way, being hyperbolic. Despite having lived in Chandigarh for three years, two – when I was doing my Masters in Social Work and ten Read more about Sukhna…[…]
This is about a curly haired, fair-skinned (but doesn’t endorse it), extremely outspoken and gutsy woman who does not let the idea of what she is expected to be mar her expectation of herself. She owns up to her mistakes and often turns to the voice within her which tells her to hang on when Read more about My Doppelganger![…]
Disclaimer – This piece can be a huge dampener for anyone who came looking for a cue of what would happen on the popular American fantasy drama series with the same name. Honestly, I have never gone beyond the first episode of GOT, but I can guarantee that this is not it. This is a Read more about The Game of Thrones…[…]
A few days back, my sister, the eldest one, posted some lines on her timeline… lines by Dalton Day “Write because you want to communicate with yourself. Write because you want to communicate with someone else. Write because life is weird and tragic and amazing. Write because talking is difficult. Write because it polishes the Read more about Sisters and Brothers…[…]
Earlier I was planning to write an article titled ‘Undomesticated’, because I had been told or it had been implied quite a few times recently that I was not raised (read ‘domesticated’) right, that my values are skewed (I chose to marry a man of a different religion, remember? and I had, for as long Read more about A Bunch of Baloney[…]
Statutory Warning – I am encashing on the huge success that was Part 1, hence the narcissistic need for part 2. But, yes, comparisons are not welcome. Lately, my life has been turning into one big lesson in ego-mastication. There have been so many instances in the last few months where I have fallen flat Read more about Confessions of a bride to be… Part 2 ![…]
I am going to be a bride pretty soon. And what a kickass awesome bride I am going to be. While most members of my fraternity must be getting their skin treatments, manicures and pedicures done and buying new dresses for the occasion or string of occasions, I am fighting off rashes and tonnes of Read more about Confessions of a bride-to-be ![…]