My Greatest Resource & My Support System: #WriteBravely #WriteTribe
My greatest resource and support system are my three, ever smiling home-helps, Shimpa (we call her Shilpa), Moushumi and Basanti. They are my lifelines, in the true sense of the word. They are the...
View ArticleUtopia: # WriteBravely #WriteTribe
“A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.” – Oscar Wilde (‘The Soul of Man Under Socialism’, 1981 essay). My Ode to Utopia There’s a place called Utopia...
View ArticleTina’s Tryst: #WriteBravely #WriteTribe
The alarm clock clanked into Tina’s ear. A typical old-fashioned alarm clock that would wake one up with a jolt. A complete spoiler to the early morning dreams and the soundest of all sleep. Tina...
View ArticleDear Natasha: #WritingBravely #WriteTribe
Hola! My darling Girl Natasha, How be you? Yes, it’s me writing a letter to you, my dear girl. Surprised, are you? After all I haven’t written to you in the longest time. A few years back; in my most...
View ArticleDipankar Mukherjee, on Publishing: #WriteBravely #WriteTribe
“Literature can make people introspect, and that has the magic to change our attitude and hence our lives. That is the power of the written word.” – Dipankar Mukherjee, Publisher & Founder,...
View ArticleSix Days Hence, Coffee in the Present Tense: #WriteBravely #WriteTribe
~~Six Days hence, Coffee in the Present Tense~~ Six days hence You & I Will Simply Sense That time And tide Just make No sense Coz the Coffee We share In the Present tense Is all That makes...
View ArticleTaking a Writing Break: #MondayMusings
I started blogging in December last year and ever since there’s been no looking back. Read: I have not taken a single writing break. I write religiously if not every day, but every other day. After all...
View ArticleA Sky Full of Stars : #Friday Fictioneers
They are basking in the stunning glory of a sky full of stars. Akram pours a third glass of Cabernet Sauvignon into Enya’s glass. Enya, slightly tipsy giggles, as Akram gently pushes her locks...
View ArticleColour Me
Smiling Anjali took out her box of colour pencils and started sketching the gloomy downpour outside the window. It had been raining incessantly for a week now and everything had come to a standstill....
View ArticleHappiness is Like a Butterfly: #MondayMusings
Last week was special. It was my birthday week. And it came wrapped in a gorgeous gift box of happiness. Ever since I was a kid, I would be super excited about my upcoming birthday. As the date would...
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