At cousins wedding years back. Babi, fearing winter, always overdressed! Is death the end or a new beginning? What lies beyond death – oblivion, darkness or a new light that washes away the worldly woes? What about those who are left behind? How do they … Continue reading You are not there, yet everywhere…
Mission Me
Yes, that’s the task I assigned to myself in 2022 – to focus on me, to love me, to groom me, to chide me when needed, to enjoy me or my own company, to be enough for me. Quite a task, huh! Something we seldom … Continue reading Mission Me
Life out of control
Going with the flow 2022 is one hell of year, teaching us harsh lessons right at the beginning. We enter a new year with a new COVID variant raging that gives a damn to vaccines. Just when we thought we were getting better of the … Continue reading Life out of control
Old Me, New Me, My Many Avatars…
My Many Avatars Year end is the time for reminiscing, for pondering over the year going by and the many years that have gone by. We tend to look back and gauge our lives, our achievements, our many successes, our failures, our disappointments. There are … Continue reading Old Me, New Me, My Many Avatars…
December Magic!
Years back at my friend Poonam's place with little Amira There’s something magical about December – the wish come true, the miracles, the make beliefs, the gifts that Santa comes bearing. December is one crazy month when we willingly suspend all our disbeliefs and wait … Continue reading December Magic!
My Dhanbad Lost by Titas Mazumdar
Most part of my childhood city is lost for good … Dhanbad the black diamond city of Jharkhand on beautiful Chota Nagpur plateau was mostly covered with green fields, tall trees on the sides of the roads and lot of open space 2 decades back … Continue reading My Dhanbad Lost by Titas Mazumdar
The Wheelie Romance
Image courtesy Poquet Auto Blog Chumki was standing alone in the parking lot, lonely and upset. It has been ages since Montu came by and she was missing him terribly. Of course, there was Piyu, Chintu and Titu around for idle chit chats and sometimes … Continue reading The Wheelie Romance
Writer’s block/ideas tumbling/ inspirations or the lack of it!
To jump in or not! Have you ever faced this! You have so much to say but don’t know how to put it across. The ideas, the words, come to you but the moment you open your laptop they jumble, tumble and refuse to fall … Continue reading Writer’s block/ideas tumbling/ inspirations or the lack of it!
Dil pe mat le yaar
Just laugh it off! It’s not the film I am talking about. I am deliberating upon the phrase – ‘dil pe mat le yaar’ or ‘don’t take things to heart’ or ‘don’t mind my dear’. Wouldn’t our lives be so much simpler if we could … Continue reading Dil pe mat le yaar