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I am thankful generally that a lot of reading has been happening lately. Even though I was caught off guard by the new schedule and my en-office-route reading did take a back seat, I found my mojo. I think happens with stuff you really want to do in life.So I have been wanting to write…
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Disclaimer: To each his ownSince the dawn of gmail in my life, I have come a long way in learning how the world is trying to connect using the internet. People who have been using internet pre-gmail will consider me backward. And I think so too. But I was not exposed to computers and related…
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The other day I was talking to a long distance friend. She said she feels something will happen to her unbeknownst to us. I had just reached work and was multitasking. I did not catch what she was saying. And when it dawned on me, what she had typed in the chat window, my first…
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* Today at a non-work session, I was ‘the person’ who talked about work with another colleague. I know.I went on to person B like this – You know X and Y work, but X and Z is what we should be looking at. For that we need to get M and N to work,…
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New work has the most chilling air-conditioning. New work also has a very good espresso machine. The 2 go well together. When the cold takes over me, I just go and get myself some nice, hot coffee.Of course, normally this is not an issue. who made these chocolates!!! But I am allergic to coffee. As I…
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November was always good.You had lost your voice. No drama. You just took time to find it all over again. Santa did visit. Like magic, a little early.You opened your heart in December.Always good. You sang, you danced, you wrote. A lot of people made home inside your heart. Wonderful.Along came the pests. Little, crawling,…
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What is home to you?For me it is a feeling. Of years of wandering around (of course I am not a nomad, even though I talk like one) I have felt home-like at very unrelated places. In reality or in my memory. Hence the feeling is rather difficult to describe. Lately, triggered by a discussion with…
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We stopped in front of a kirana store (run by a baniya*, people who have moved from Rajasthan to the Marathi-ness of Pune), and inquired about the Sabudana rate. Why ? Because pregnant friend who is now the mother of a 8 month old Avani, thought all the big shops (the marts and all) were…
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One chapter closes Another opens A break of sorts in between happens. You brace the goodbyes You long for the welcome A break of sorts in between happens. You sing a new tune You lament a few notes A break of sorts in between happens. You brave the tears You crave some smiles A break…
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The first thing that strikes you while reading Emma Donoghue’s ‘Room’ is Jack’s innocence, wisdom, and love for his Ma. But would not that be obvious? What else a 5 year old should be full of? from google images And that is why I liked ‘Room’. Because the unusual situation the child and the parent…