Of Reminiscent Romance and Love Redefined!
“Jo Mere Dil ko Dil Banati hai…Tere Naam ki Koi Dhadak hai na” Amitabh Bhattacharya’s soulful lyrics blare from the Gaana app on my phone yet again. Listening for about the fourth time on loop now, I shut my eyes losing myself to the music that always manages to soothe me. Ironically, this was my […]
Thank you Dad, for sharing a part of your soul with me!
A little girl, all of 7, sat by her window looking out. Where is Daddy, she thought impatiently. He had promised her a gift this evening. She rushed to the door as her father’s car pulled up. Gift Gift Gift! He laughed as he placed a large brown envelope into her tiny hands. Open it. […]
Thank You Mother, For Never Teaching Me To Sacrifice Because I am a Woman!
A writing prompt recently challenged me to write on “A Woman I Admire”. After putting much thought into it, weighing the pros and cons of writing on someone personal or someone I had just heard of, I finally made up my mind. I would probably be taking a risk here, of sounding ‘cliched’ if I told you who […]
A Fleeting Rendezvous
Kay looked up from the book even as her heart leapt a familiar little leap. There he was. Taking long anxious strides towards the ticket kiosks. You’re late today! 07:58. She looked at him dreamily in his ruffed jeans and tweed blazer, the usual satchel bag hanging to the side. You look every bit the […]
Marriage, Or a Property Search?
The arranged marriage scene in India is one thing that I usually have nothing to say on. In the past, it simply arose from a complete lack of interest or faith in the system. As a personal preference, marrying someone chosen by my parents was never an option for me. This was a concept I […]
Half A Chocolate
“Happyyy Birrthhdayyy to youuuu” sang the class in excited tones. The birthday girl stood in front of her class in her beautiful glistening white fairy dress, all of 10 years old, grinning from ear to ear. This year, her parents had told her she could give out 2 chocolates if she wanted to! How happy […]
When My Sister Gave Birth & I Became A Parent!!
I am the youngest in our family of four. With a gap of nearly 7 years between siblings, there’s often a lot of pampering involved and I was no different. I grew up practically with 2 mothers, my mother-mother & my sister-mother. And while I had a great childhood, by the time I grew up, […]
Candies In Her Palm – A Short Story #NostalgiaSeries
“They walked in the sweltering heat, the two sisters and Namita, the elder one’s best friend. Backs bent with the weight of the khaki coloured bags..the rectangular ones with two shiny clips that had to go ‘tak’ and ‘tak’ again, so you knew they were properly closed. Feet clumsily covered in battered chappals, dragging on […]
How my relationship taught me to be single!
This post has been published on mycity4kids with 12000+ views, you can find this piece on the importance of independence in a relationship here . It has also been published at Women’s Web here.