Undone by an Artist
There I had been walking When someone pulled me aside “Oh you cannot be seen like that- You are uncovered. It’s just not decent..” And those who are never at …
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White and Grey
The smoke rose, white The cloud descended, grey Though it was not the smoke that was pure Nor it was the cloud that was dirty
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Trying to do nothing
I felt the need for a mental detox. ‘Felt the need’ being a euphemism for ‘my body and mind refused to operate without it’.
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Some teachers get it
On Teachers’ Day, Facebook suddenly overflows with tributes to teachers. There’s something in my mind that switches off the moment something becomes the ‘flavour of the day’. But today is …
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What’s with all these photographs?
So what have I been up to recently? As unexciting as it sounds, I’ve been feverishly collating and backing up our personal photographs. Ever since the unfortunate computer crash some …
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Tales in Colour from Bhutan
We went to Bhutan six years ago- I was 22, fresh out of Business school. When I look back, Bhutan seems to have been very similar to how we ourselves …
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A Summer Day in Strasbourg, France
It was among the hottest days this summer when we went to Strasbourg. I had studied how to reach, what to see, where to eat etc. I read up blogs …
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The Cobweb
As I walked, as if descending a downward spiral My head full of the same words And same thoughts going viral
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Being an adult sucks. Or not.
Just when you begin settling into the feeling of having finally struck a balance, there come days like this!
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A Thousand Splendid Suns.. And so few for women
It is difficult to match the first experience of anything nice. And the expectation from later experiences will always be to match the newness and exhilaration of the first one. …
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Why are you running?
While I don’t have a competitive bone in my body, there’s certainly a survival instinct that growing up in the Indian education system instills in you. Most times, it’s great …
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Where can I find them?
I want to read a book That will take me to a time Long gone by, and yet Immortalized.. still alive A time of simplicity and an age of innocence …
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God Went to Beauty School
I am so scared right now that I may be the single most cold or stupid person out there, who has read this book and not liked it much. Or …
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Been attacking the wrong thing?
Do you sometimes see teenagers, anguished by peer pressure and unsure of their place in the world, lashing out at their parents? At the one relationship where they are assured of unconditional …
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Remember, Girl
Remember, Girl, when you take that stage if you have something worthwhile to say The corner looks safe, and comfortable but the center awaits
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Split, Croatia.. Of Palaces and Game of Thrones
We had planned to use Split only for landing in and taking off from Croatia. Then we discovered more about its historical side, and that several Game of Thrones scenes …
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Letters in a bottle… From Vis (II)
Someone dropped a piece of heaven here, and forgot to pick it up I look around and find no one who can lay a claim
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Letters in a bottle.. From Vis (I)
Take me far away.. No, don’t tell me where And when we have reached Don’t tell me, “We are there!”
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The Blue Cave, Croatia… On the Devil Boat
Komiza is a little Mediterranean fishing village on the island of Vis. In signature Vis-style, it has beautiful azure beaches (with a church in sight), scintillating sun and story-book-cute stone …
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Vis, Croatia.. The island of slow living
Finally found a cradle of slow living.. an island called Vis in Croatia. In the middle of the Adriatic sea, it feels as though frozen in time. Between the time …
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Hausfrau.. Of ennui and self destruction
Hausfrau is a saga about boredom, ennui and self-destruction. It resonates because the protagonist Anna’s anchorlessness and directionlessness is expressed in different ways by so many people these days that …
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In 2011 I had attended a talk by Devdutt Pattanaik at a Learning Conference in Mumbai. Till then I’d only heard that he had created a unique space by interpreting …
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Mind Your Language
“I’ve got eyes for you,” I hear my new colleague announce as I’m about to settle down after lunch.
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