Dance with me..
The music changed Ever so subtly From a bubbly champagne To a deep red wine The mood… imperceptibly infused with crimson The dance floor full of lovers’ feet magnetically pulled …
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Birds
Do you see the bird, my darling? The one on an upward glide All looking ahead, and fast as an arrow A fluttering heart, and wings beside
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My Free Hour and I
Even till the last minute that he showed up, I kept guessing whether or not we would actually come face to face after all- my free hour, and I. Yup, …
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She and I
I came upon her as I had been walking in the forest. We find each other now and then, she and I. Who knows what triggers it. Every time I …
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October, the Movie
When it is October, some leaves ripen. Some mature. Some fall. October is synonymous with the fall. With autumn- that beautiful eruption of red romance, the leaves reveling in their …
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Finding a Happy Poet..
I so wanted to find a happy poet Not happy as in an optim-ist Or a pacif-ist But happy as in a ‘so here we are’- ist ‘What have we …
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Books & Beyond: The Time Traveler’s Wife
‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ explores a romantic relationship between protagonists Clare and Henry, with the backdrop of time travel. Time travel in general is a fascinating premise, and its conceptualization …
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Watercolour: Hobbit’s Home
The door is ajar. I’ve been wondering since last night (i.e. since painting this) whether the hobbit is inside or out of the home. I feel like I know that …
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My-Way: Atul Satya Koushik on Creating One’s Own Stage
The My-Way series is exploring how different people are crafting or attempting to craft, meaningful lives through mindful choices, and more importantly, what that really involves. I am super-happy to …
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My-Way: The Quest to Craft Meaningful Lives
Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s the stage of life (what is ‘just on the other side of 30 called these days?), maybe it’s the stage(s) of life of people …
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Tough Moms Ad: Going All Out the Wrong Way
All-Out recently produced an ad asking people to stand in support of mothers when they are being tough with their children to drive home important life-lessons. While the message itself …
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Little Things: Watercolour
Little things with big eyes Big hearts Full of little things ..innocence, warmth Hope, hop, spring Warmth of the sun Warmth of a hearth Warmth of new leaves Warmth of …
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I saw Padmaavat. I have one too.
I watched Padmaavat. And I have one too. Opinion. I have an opinion.
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On Showing Up
Showing up says That I can move beyond My like and dislike my fear or distrust
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Slow Living.. What, Why, How
Three years into this blog, now is a good time to pause and re-examine my personal meaning of slow living, as well as the whether/ why/ how of it.
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Welcome to my New Site
Hello All, and Happy New Year once again! You will notice that you are no more on the site ‘toslowliving.wordpress.com’ but on ‘toslowliving.com’. It gives me much joy to share …
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The Universe says Happy New Year
On the eve of the new year, I wrote about how it is only the lone individual trying to pull together the universe and time and their own life. While …
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Starburst
Sometimes, the end of a year can be Like the middle of a sentence
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Postcards from Rome..
Long before I walked into the current city of Rome, I had peered into the ancient city of Rome during the glorious Roman empire. My vehicle of time-travel was the …
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My Daughters’ Mum, by Natasha Badhwar
I had started this blog somewhere in 2015, and in the early days I was easing into this strange sensation of hearing myself verbalize some things which I wasn’t aware …
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Hair-raising conversations..
They say a woman who has cut her hair is about to change her life. Every now and then, I have this urge to cut my hair really short. The …
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Not to be, to be
You are this person in your mind. You do certain things, which define who you are and what values you hold… except in that particular situation when you didn’t do …
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Tirol Region, Austria
There were quite a few work trips in quick succession earlier in the year, and the trip in June to the small town of Kundl in Austria was one of …
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Croatia Once More (III): Korcula, the sweetheart!
The last stop of my Croatia trip with Mum and Dad in May this year was the little island of Korcula. It is another true island of slow living, which …
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