Energy It is all bogus until you experience it yourself. “I can’t see it, so how can it exist?” you ask. Then someone walks into a room and you can feel everything go cold as if there were a Dementor in the vicinity. Someone else walks in and your body warms up. Your eyes meet … More 100 Words | #5 Energy
Dark She heard hushed voices. Instinctively, she stiffened. I can wield a weapon. I can do this, she told herself as she braved through the corridor. She had never gotten into a physical fight before. Ever. But if it came to ‘do or die’, she would rather do than just die. She fumbled in her … More 100 Words | #4 Dark
I have this impulsive need to correct everyone’s spoken grammar, and my relatives and friends have had the opportunity to get annoyed by this for years now. With social media, this need has only amplified. There’s an old joke that goes something like: I liked him a lot until he opened his mouth. But I’d … More Schooled #1 | Faux Pas – Redundant words in Everyday Phrases
Clear “I can do this on my own,” he said as he caught his father’s hand. “You don’t need to watch me.” “I know you can. I’m here just in case you… just in case, okay?” He could sense his father’s hesitation. But he was determined. He could do it. He went down on one … More 100 Words | #3 Clear
Begin She looked at the sheet nervously. She had a few moments before she could officially begin. She always utilised this time to assess the damage. She knew it only made her more nervous, but she did it anyway. She looked around. Sweat on the forehead, foot-tapping, drumming of fingers, and biting nails were the … More 100 Words | #2 Begin
This is a first-person narrative from the point of view of Anahita Sahani – the protagonist of High School Never Ends – a book my sister, Kritika, and I are working on. The story published here is based on the same characters, the timeline matches the events in the book, and the narrative style is exactly … More #1 A Good Listener? | Fiction Series – High School Never Ends
Avoid It’s just easier than confrontation. Is the heartache worth it? Maybe it is, but I wouldn’t know. I think about picking up the phone sometimes and asking questions, a lot of questions. But I doubt I’ll get answers. Not truthful ones at least. Maybe I’m not the only one guilty, though. It takes two to … More 100 Words | #1 Avoid
Every single one of us begins the new year with renewed energy and optimism. It’s a clean slate, a fresh start that, in our head, gives us the opportunity to be the best version of ourselves, someone we aspire to be. I don’t know about others but for me, the enthusiasm fades away pretty quickly. … More 18 for 2018
Motherhood is a lonely journey and I figured that out within the first week. Even if you have the most sympathetic partner, there are things that you go through as a mother – changes in your body, feelings, emotions, thoughts – that even your partner cannot fully understand. What helps is having someone to talk … More I am, but an Emotional Fool
I’m no expert in management and I’m positive I need lessons in planning and organising, especially when it comes to managing a household. But I’ve taken this responsibility and I’m doing my best in spite of having no prior experience whatsoever and while having to combat a major flaw in my personality – Laziness. But … More Protocol on Lending & Recovery
I just devised a system to review books and henceforth, whenever I do such reviews, I am going to judge and rate books based on these points. At the onset, let me make it very clear that I DO NOT consider myself as any form of authority to pass such judgements, but these are only … More Book Review | Family Ties
I watched Jai Ho yesterday; my first movie in the theatre for 2014, and according to my goals, I am supposed to write a review. Not because I am an expert on reviewing movies, but as a writing exercise. But before I say I what I thought of the movie – whether good or bad, … More Movie Review | Jai Ho
January 8, 2014 7:10 PM I’ve been struggling with writing, clearly. There haven’t been any posts since August 2013 and I had promised myself that I would write regularly in 2013 – have monthly word-count targets and everything. But it didn’t happen and it’s sad, for me, obviously. I know I go on a hiatus … More 2013 | A Review
I saw ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ way back in 2010 in a movie theatre shortly after its release, and I remember it to be a really well made movie about the life of a gangster. So when ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara’ (Dobaara = Again) released, I was eager to watch it, … More Movie Review | Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara
So my husband says certain things slightly weirdly, in the sense that they may not be grammatically correct. It’s weird because he does this on purpose just to annoy me, and that too, in Hindi. For example, the won’t say, ‘Volume kam kar’ when he wants me to reduce the volume; instead he will say ‘Volume chota … More Grammar Police #1
Mrs. Writes-a-Latte 