I don’t usually give in to despair. I take pride in being an out and out optimist who bounces back in no time from any challenging or desperate situation, be it professional or personal. But when I rarely do despair it sinks in very deep, … Continue reading The play of hope & despair: lockdown musings…
Category: Life as we know it
The Art and Science of Love
Love, the ever elusive, the ever unfathomable love. While Robert Burn’s love’s ‘like red, red rose/ that’s newly sprung in June,” Lord Byron’s lady love “walks in beauty like the night/ of cloudless climes and starry skies/ and all that’s best of dark and bright/ … Continue reading The Art and Science of Love
The thing about Nothing
Have you ever felt the urge to do absolutely nothing? Just lie on the bed for as long as you please or sit idly with a cup of coffee. No emails that need your attention, no phone calls, no meetings, no deadlines that beckon you. … Continue reading The thing about Nothing
When 20 turns 21!
With Prapti as she bites into 2021! It's 2021 finally! You are not yet another New Year, so much rests on your shoulders - our hopes, our dreams, our wishes for a better tomorrow. As if with a magic wand you will shoo away all … Continue reading When 20 turns 21!
Farewell 2020, Adios Lipstick
Lipstick, dear lipstick, you who added so many vibrant shades to our smiles have been swept away by 2020, veiled and shoved in some corner amidst COVID concerns. Once a ‘must-have’ in every girl’s purse, lipstick has been replaced by hand sanitisers and masks. It … Continue reading Farewell 2020, Adios Lipstick
This time last year by Titas Mazumdar
It now seems like ages with restricted movements within a circle, restricted friends and family visits, restricted festival celebration and just no vacation/travel since March 2020. Living with the hope that all will end soon but when will that time come, no one is certain … Continue reading This time last year by Titas Mazumdar
The October Feel
October always feels special. It’s not just the cool autumn breeze and the ushering festivities, October is much more than that to me. October is my birth month. I moved into my own house and started my blog in this very month. I didn’t plan … Continue reading The October Feel
It’s been 2 years…
I didn’t realize that The Retro Feeling has turned 2 till I got a congratulatory message from WordPress. It just feels like the other day when I posted the first piece, almost as a response to my friend’s challenge. “You have been talking about it … Continue reading It’s been 2 years…
My Tryst with Natural Remedies by Gargee Vidyarthi
I have always been keen on natural remedies as have sort of distrust in the modern medicine. My faith in therapeutic ways of Nature was strengthened when I visited Novdanya Farms in Dehradun in the year 2013. There I got first-hand experience about how nature … Continue reading My Tryst with Natural Remedies by Gargee Vidyarthi