• 29 things to do when life gives you lemons

    Before writing this post, I checked what the phrase “when life gives you lemons” means. It means when life throws curve balls at you, you should stay positive. I’m not sure what lemons have to do with curve balls or who decided that lemons represented bad things. In India we use lemons to ward off…

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  • Some non serious ways to find time for reading

    I was telling my friends some time back that if given a choice, I would go back to a flip phone, with no internet, no WhatsApp or social media and only calls. The small screen adds almost nothing to my life and I would happily let go of it. They laughed and cheered me for…

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  • Ghost in the mirror

    Ghost in the mirror

    When I first looked at myself in the mirror, I didn’t notice that my eyebrows were a little more arched than usual. I didn’t notice the pallor or the half-crazed look in my eye. Hey, I had a reason for missing the obvious. I was hungover. I had to attend the engagement party of my…

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  • 7 things that make life magical

    I was having a hard time coming up with fun and humorous topics to write on so I went to my trusty ChatGPT and asked it to give me some options. The first batch was so boring I had to share feedback and the second batch was better. Today’s topic is from that second batch…

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  • Making the perfect cup of chai

    I have had 1, 2, 3, 4…9 people telling me that I make an excellent cup of tea. Yes, they may be friends or family but being tea connoisseurs, if they say they enjoy the tea I make, there’s some truth in it. So today, gird your loins because I’m going to teach you how…

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  • What to do when you feel angry and helpless

    If I had to write an opening to describe 2024, or really the past 5 years, I would probably write: the world is broken. It feels like we’re going through our own version of an apocalypse, a B-grade movie where all tropes have been added. And on most days, I go through such tremendous rage…

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  • Not a book review: Whispers, lies and secrets

    Winning blog hops is a novelty for me – it is like a hand has reached from outside of me, giving me that much needed validation for my writing and blogging. Thanks to Sukaina and Manali, I have now won 3 of their blog hops and 5 books!

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