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This. To take care of seemingly crappy days. To be watched over and over again. To be humbled. So powerful. ~Fangirl
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Prachi and Pooja are from middle class families. Well educated families. Pooja’s father did not want a daughter hence her mother took a stand and raised her by herself. Prachi, daughter of a principled man with anger issues, thinks its her father’s right to physically punish her for the sole reason that he let her…
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With growing old sometimes comes the feeling that you understand life in much better sense. Of course if you are a person who likes to have filters in place and constantly seeks clarity. You are thankful for a lot of things that have happened and helped you grow. And at times you are just forgetful…
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Paglet is an amazing storyteller. Probably she has seen and experienced a lot, so her personal stories are genuine and full of drama. We were talking about peer pressure while growing up in all walks of life, through personal stories. Like being brought up in a middle class setting how having richer shopoholic friends can…
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I read/watch/experience stuff which evokes different feelings and turn to the blog to share them and somehow the day never arrives when I get a sense of having accomplished writing down my own thoughts. Today probably is that day.Anyway, I remember writing about rescuing oneself and agreeing to give up on the ‘steadfastness’ once the…
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Primo Levi Brainpickings presents these gems in the most unexpected ways. P.S. I have been meaning to read ‘Moments of reprieve’ but have never been able to get my hands on a good copy.
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A friend today asked me why my blog does not have posts that show my philosophical side. I replied, my quota of those posts is over.The thing is I can discuss philosophy and random life fundas with some people in my life very comfortably. The discussions are so easy going that most of the times…
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We had Malyalam speaking neighbors for the longest period. Brother and I practically grew up with V and V, eating generous amount of dosa and coconut chutney. V and V would always go on summer vacations to their ancestral गांव (village) in Kerala. It was always a mystery for us owing to our poor pronunciations. I…
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I have a brain, I do not need lists. Thought going through my head at the sheer mention of making a list. I don’t think arrogance but laziness in general.So I did a home experiment last year. It was a game of sorts.For grocery lists to be specific.Rules:1. Make a list of grocery items to…
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Continuing with the tradition of chronicling my reading journey on this blog (2011, 2012) here’s my list of books I read/fell in love with this year. As a occupational hazard, I cannot really shy away from jotting down some reading statistics and analysis here.I read 21 books this year. (goodreads list here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4760161?shelf=what-i-read-in-2013) much much much…