Anecdotes
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If there is one thing you will most certainly hear about me it is that I have a lot of patience. Ask anyone and they will tell you how good I am and how patiently I have explained things. What they don’t know is the amount of tables I have turned, and the amount of…
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For someone whose livelihood depends on reading, I read few books in 2018 – so few that I had a meltdown and immediately decided to make a shorter TBR list from my never-ending pile of TBR to help focus the reading in 2019. All was going well. I spent a wonderful December picking and choosing…
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I love auto rides and showers. There are no better places to contemplate life than here. Is it the journey or the flowing water that provides a conducive environment for thoughts to turn away from the hustle bustle of every day life? A chance comment from MP – this is the last time you can…
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That time of the year – people are making resolutions, some have broken them already, some are rallying around the idea, some are talking about pending resolutions from 2015 like it is a TBR…on a side note have you noticed it never goes beyond 2015? No one has said my resolutions from 2003 are still…
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As a child I was always decent at drawing and painting. I used to take classes and when you’re anywhere below 10 years old, arts and crafts as a hobby and subject are mightily supported by teachers, schools and the curriculum. I stopped a long time back. But not until a conversation with an editor…
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Listening to people talk, especially on a subject they are passionate about is something I enjoy. It is also a particular skill I’m proud of since it can lead to unexpected epiphanies. For example, from a taxi driver I learnt that no job in this world is big or small; that it is easy to…
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My sister will turn 24 soon. And that means she is going through all the things that I went through when I was that age. It also means that I can offer her unique insight into how not to freak out and how to milk this so that she learns her lesson without inconveniencing herself…
tales of Suchita 