Category: Happiness
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The Superwoman Syndrome
Accoutred in smart formals, I strode into my cabin, all magnificent, Pride permeating, betraying every nucleus, Beautiful, slender and lithe, How was I to ever know, That this superwoman thing is a true-blue myth? . The home, over time, evoked a dreary ennui, While wrangling frontline, in the arena of…
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The Patronage
“Look at your daughter’s situation before rejecting the proposal. She neither has the looks nor any extraordinary talent. If you both keep rejecting alliances like this, your daughters will never get married.Bhavani you need to understand your responsibility and think like a mother; not as their friend.”, an angry Madhav,…
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My Take on Twinkle Khanna’s Mother’s Day Video
Twinkle Khanna, widely known for her blunt, satirical articulation and sassy punchlines, often never desists from calling a spade a spade. This article is with reference to a recent video posted out by her on Mother’s Day where she captioned the video as: “What mother’s really want for Mother’s Day…
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Family (Quote)
Family is a F – Foundation of faith which A – Acts with commitment while doing M – Mindful efforts and behaviours where I – Interdependence is inevitably easy has L – Love and devotion at heart’s core and Y – Yet all members could be unique and different
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The Power Within Oneself (#100WordStory)
Emotional abuse had battered her spirits. Ages passed away in pain, seeking light, with no hope of restoration ever. “Train your mind to see the good in everything”, some advised. Clearly, that’d be a mistake, since then you’d leave the door open and tip the evil to rise. “Train yourself…
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A Promise Of Faith
(Forceful religious conversions, making a spouse give up their personal faith in inter-religious marriages, is one of the very poignant issues, prevalent across our society since ages, which is what inspired me to come up with this fiction.) It was 5 pm. As the rickshaw took through the traffic jammed…
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Imperfect Couple But A Perfect Love (A Valentines Day Post)
It was six in the morning. The cook had already left, finishing his daily routine of preparing breakfast and lunch. Adarsh got up and silently tiptoed into the kitchen, so as not to disturb Vartika. He switched on the coffee kettle, packed his own and their five-year-old daughter, Raavi’s lunch…
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Let That Adrenaline Rush Get You
Youth, is that phase of life, where everyone brims with energy. When vitality is often at it’s peak, given the buoyancy and stamina of that age, we often end up doing things that we cannot even imagine attempting during the later stages of our lives. After the 40s, as the…
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Karma Laughs – Part 3
Link to Part 2 Raghav felt very uneasy, seeing Aradhana like this after all these years. Age had made her more beautiful, resplendent and her personality reflected the same congeniality and ease as her husband, further enriched by goodness and wealth. And she came in wearing the same pleasant smile…
Affinity and Moods 