“Always at home. – One day we reach our goal, and now point with pride to the long travels we undertook to reach it. In fact, we were not even aware of traveling. But we got so far because we fancied at every point that we were at home.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Home. Homestead. Abode. Words that are a foreign concept…
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Stories on the Move, Chapter 2- Agnes, her father’s keeper
“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad Take a sad song and make it better Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better…” – The Beatles, “Hey, Jude!” Monday, 17th September That morning started off just like any other ordinary one at our home; With me yelling like a drill sergeant, to get everyone…
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Stories on the Move, Chapter 1 – Resilient Georgia
Sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once,…
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The Graves of Sweet Goodbyes…
“Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death.” Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Why do we travel? I think it is mostly due to this irresistible urge to make use of our feet, walk and explore, new places, new…
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Mum’s the Word… :)
As I have mentioned in my previous posts, I was hardly an angel while growing up. I was rebellious and angry most of the time and was only in a good mood when there was something good to eat. I was the poster child of angry difficult teenagers and did everything opposite of what my mother would tell me to.…
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I SWEAR!
Today I had the extreme pleasure of stumbling upon the trailer of a new Hindi movie called “Veere di Wedding”. What a happenstance! While the almost 3 minutes long video successfully shows the gist and the premise of this new rather fascinating movie, what shook me the most was the A-list actresses such as Sonam, Kareena and Swara swearing up…
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The Joke that is Modesty!
I have written, deleted and re-written this post over 5 times now, yet I am unable to properly express myself. This almost never happens to me, but the recent events have left me dumbfounded and speechless, scrambling for the words that have inexplicably escaped me. So, I am writing this post as a distraught mother about the epidemic of the…
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Harry Potter and the Rise of the Millenials
Around 20 years ago, a single mother of terribly humble means created a magical world of witches and wizards, of broomsticks and invisibility cloak, of competitive quidditch matches and cutthroat games of magical chess, of mighty dragons and majestic hippogriff, of humble house elves and somber thestrals, soul-sucking dementors and dull trolls… Of love, friendship, loyalty, exceptional bravery and sacrifice.…
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The pitfalls of Modern day Feminism (and how to avoid them)
So, 2018 has been declared as “the year of Women”! Isn’t this just brilliant? A whole year just for Women. When I read about this, I was overwhelmed and delighted and incredibly flattered. I mean finally… finally we have an year to ourselves! This obviously must mean that in 2018 women will not be harassed (at work, outside of work,…
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Holi hai Holi!
Wow! Is it Holi already? There was a time when I couldn’t wait to celebrate this festival and now I don’t even know when Holi is until a Google search confirms it. When did that happen? Being born and brought up in Delhi, where Holi is a huge deal, I should at least know the date of the festival right? I am ashamed…
