Life

Grief in Times of Social Media

It has been a very bad week for me. It is only Tuesday. There was a young vivacious girl who I knew - a friend's cousin. I had never met her but we got connected over work and then like all natural next steps we followed each other on Instagram. Soon enough, we...

An Obituary to A Life not Written

A lot of what I have written through the years has often offered me a glimpse into my past life. Little notes scribbled with affirmations, schedules that had to be balanced minute by minute, skincare routine jotted down painstakingly and of course names of people who...

A Showreel of Good Things

My father always says that happy is the guy who has a bad memory. I have a fabulous memory. So obviously I am dismal on most days. My empty moments are filled with a showreel of bad times, in technicolour. In fact it has now reached a point where the good parts of my...

Finding Yourself in this Pandemic #SundayWritings

But who am I kidding - what is even finding yourself in a non-pandemic life. And yet the Pandemic has put complete microscopic focus on our ways in current times. For example, I have concluded I don't do well with ambiguous situations. My husband I have understood now...

Happy #MeAt20 ? #BlogchatterA2Z

A couple of days back - internet, the mecca of all lockdown challenges - broke a new one. #MeAt20 photo-op. And humans everywhere in an effort to sustain their grand "How perfect my life is right now" , added a season throwback to "how perfect my twenties were". And...