tales of Suchita

  • #AtoZ Theme Reveal 2019: 26 Myths and Legends

    It all began with a clip I saw of Graham Norton where Stephen Fry talked about how we have lost the hearth and we don’t gather around for storytelling anymore. And then I read Norse Mythology, remembering what Stephen Fry had said and I instantly visualized me with a lot of unknown kids, sitting around…

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  • Happy two to my tales

    Dear tales of Suchita, It’s been two years since I started you without any plans and I am happy to report that streak continues still. I seem to bask in the glory of this unprepared creativity a lot but I am also happy to report that while I may not always be regaling you with…

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  • 5 things I do not understand about work culture

    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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  • Comfortably Numb

    Comfortably Numb

    It begins with a glorious dream. Untainted by truth, undaunted by reality…pure, innocent, attainable. A chip comes off when you begin the journey and realize its harder than it seemed.

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  • What does it mean to be successful?

    What does it mean to be successful?

    We measure success either in numbers because our brain understands quantity more easily than abstract emotions or in terms of the next thing we are going to pursue. It is always a forward movement that gets associated with success.

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  • Three old women

    Anjali sat on one of the chairs, shaking with age. She kept her cane to one side and looked at her watch. As the minute hand crossed 12, two more women, as old, perhaps older – no one really knew because no one was keeping count – sat on the remaining chairs, kept in readiness…

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  • The blank page

    The blank page

    It was the time of night when the heat finally dissipated into the air above and the dying embers slowly turned to a cool breeze that sent shivers up the foot that had the misfortune of straying out of that cozy blanket.

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