This is a post about gratitude. In the last few days, I have spoken to a few close friends about this at great length. The basic premise is that there is no horrible situation that you and I can be in that does not have a positive side. Or more simply, “It could have been… [Read more…]
August 9, 2011
This post is based on ad hoc research conducted on Facebook. The idea is to make myself and my friends think. I put up a status message, “What’s the best compliment anyone could ever give you?” and hoped that people would reply sincerely. I have always believed, and you might agree, that we feel most… [Read more…]
September 11, 2010
This day has such a deep connection to childhood for me. I was born to a Gujarati Jain mother and a Saraswat Brahmin (Konkani) father. Eight or nine days before Ganesh Chaturthi would begin “Paryushan“. For eight days my mother would abstain from cooking green leafy thingies (Yayyy) and no onions, garlic, potatoes and the… [Read more…]
July 24, 2010
Every once in a while, we all go into the “Why is this happening to me” mode. And self pity or anger at the situation never helped anyone. Yesterday while working on the life skills programme that I am currently associated with at Aparajitha Foundations, a line came forth a couple of time – “Focus… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
This post might come across as boring and cliche! A lot of women bloggers have written this post in recent times (or I have noticed it only now because I identify with them NOW) and I have decided to join the bandwagon. Not because I have to fit in. But simply because I understand now… [Read more…]
May 25, 2010
My mother was really special to me. Not just because she was my mother, but also because she was a lot of fun. I learnt the meaning of what “fun” meant from her! And it’s almost 10 years since she died, and 14 years since I lost her to AD. I still miss her. If… [Read more…]
November 18, 2009
Iris Murdoch had Alzheimer’s Disease. My mum did too. And the strange thing is, it was around the same time. 1995-96. Iris died in 1999, mum in 2001. Iris was 70 odd, mum was 49. “Iris” is a beautiful film. I have never read any of Iris Murdoch’s books. I think I am too daft… [Read more…]
November 16, 2009
Most people know me as a naughty, chirpy, loud, friendly, gregarious person. My close friends often see the sad, seeking, depressed and irritable side of me. In my head, I have always felt constrained. I feel that I can do so much, but somehow don’t seem to get the opportunities. Last few months, I began… [Read more…]
September 26, 2009
I watched her wither, I wished she died,And then I burned in shame, I tried to hide.I spoke to none, I knew I’d be shunned,In my own private hell, I began to reside. She knew me not, yet I wanted her to know,I was her little one, the one she bore.But she continued to fray,… [Read more…]
August 15, 2009
I was browsing through the FICTION section at Landmark this evening, when suddenly just right down the aisle, I saw her glancing through the myriad genres. For a minute, I froze. Then I stole a glance at her. She was standing less than a few feet away from me. She wore a black t-shirt and… [Read more…]
July 26, 2009
Every time I have moved back home in the last few years, I have returned beaten. More cynical – wiser, of course – but cynical nevertheless. I opened my drawers for the first time in three years to clean. In the past 3 years, I have often opened them only to stash stuff in them.… [Read more…]
May 14, 2009
Will I be missed when I die? How many times have we thought about this? Some of us like to fantasize about the void that we will leave behind when we pass on to the next world. Some of us, very conveniently avoid even thinking about it, some others among us just don’t have the… [Read more…]
March 25, 2009
How many of believe that God doesn’t listen to prayers? I can see hands go up almost instantaneously. And like all of you, I used to believe the same. Until… Last year, around August, I found out that three people I only knew of had 2 different forms of cancer.But I knew people who were… [Read more…]
February 12, 2009
Since the last few days, I have been plagued by irritating situations. I am constantly bothered by people, what they need from me, what they expect of me and what I want to do and would like to do. This mismatch has found me hassled and in screams And now, while doing a task that… [Read more…]
January 4, 2009
The tree, it stood alone against the tide,The only living being left by the sea side,The wave with it took all else that had been alive,Now, stood only this withering oak upright! One look would tell the many storms it had seen,How splendorous and magnificent it had been,Yet now only deathly decay remained,As it bid… [Read more…]
November 29, 2008
Lord, I am little,Let me be a little reminder to the world that I matter Lord, I am little,Let me be the face of childhoods massacred in every place on earth. Lord, I am little,Let me be the one who survives this mayhem and let me be the messiah of peace. Lord, I am little,Let… [Read more…]
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