A Deception that Elevates Us Is Dearer than a Host of Low Truths

Being a person who misses even the walls and the most insignificant objects which would hardly catch the eyes of a normal observer, Neha always played the scenario of leaving a place, in her head, before the real departure happened. Be it a place where she knew not a single soul or talked to none …

No Words Enough…

You do not realize the importance of a person unless and until you are put to test and made to stay away from them for a while. I experienced this during one of the festive occasions at our house, the Navratri festival. The time which otherwise would have been spent in engaging with the neighbors, …

And Then There Were None!

~ Agatha Christie A book that needs no introduction. I would begin this review with an embarrassing confession about myself: to my all-time favorite author, Agathe Christie, whose works, I have read more than of any other authors and the only one whose novels I finish within a single day. How could I have not …

SHŌGUN

~James Clavell It was the "summer holidays". A 17-year old girl from a district in the state of Kerala, India, was taken to a badminton club near her house by her father. They crossed a library on their way and happened to stop by it. The father's eyes fell on the majestic title of the …

RESOLUTION-2020 SCRUTINY

"Mere gossip anticipates real talk, and to express what is still in thought weakens action by forestalling it."Søren Kierkegaard So, what is scarce and rare? Silence. The ability to deliberately keep yourself out of the self-boasting and subsist on doing without any kind of external validation. This is the exact piece of wisdom that I …

TO-DO LISTS – MY CAPTOR

6 AM - Wake up, Meen! 6:15 AM - Important Task No. 1 7:30 AM - A Comparatively Relaxing Task . . . and so the list goes on- the last thing I write at night, just before going to bed and the first thing I see in the morning- which, by the way, is …

Work From Home In An Alternate Universe!

A slack world. The lazy people inhabiting it. It has been so for the past twenty-five to thirty years. It hasn't been any different for Neha as well. Somewhere between staying inside the house for thirty long years with little contact with the outside world and never having been in contact with even her nearest …

THE GOOD WAY TO VISUALIZE THE LOCKDOWN: THAT LONG PRODUCTIVE VACATION YOU WERE WAITING FOR!

When was the last time that you meticulously planned out a fun schedule involving a lot of interesting activities? Was it during your last few days of high school? Or even ahead? Well, without bragging too much, let me get straight to the point at hand. I have been thinking too much as to how …

INSTAGRAM PUTS AN END TO THE RIDICULE OF ‘GETTING FAKE LIKES’

"I have only a hundred likes for the picture that I uploaded yesterday. She posts the picture of her shoes and she gets a two-hundred." This is the mindset of many Instagrammers and Facebook users who crave for getting the maximum number of 'likes' for their uploaded pictures. Instagram is a good repository that can …

Resolution: That One Promise We Never Fail To Break

January 1, 2020. The day I finally decided to look back at my long-forgotten and neglected blog. Well, there is absolutely no surprise that today is the day I eventually chose to come back here; today, the day of new resolutions, one or two or maybe three in the case of many whereas an umpteen …