tales of Suchita

February 18, 2019

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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February 11, 2019

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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February 1, 2019

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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January 26, 2019

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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January 21, 2019

Rediscovering Reading #MondayMusings

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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January 18, 2019

I fixed it

“Christmas tree, my Christmas tree…” “Sonny, what are you doing?” asked Mother seeing the boy perched on a stool, taping the broken glass. “Who did that? Are you hurt?” “Don’t worry mommy. Billy was trying to get in. But I fixed it.”
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January 11, 2019

Being Silly

“This is silly.” “Nothing is silly.” “Everything about this is silly! The colours, the jar, the little fountain…seashells? Really? Come on!” “Suchita it is a birthday party…”
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