life

  • I am the one I seek

    I am the one I seek

    About a year ago, I was on a lunch cruise on the backwaters of Alleppey where I saw something that I remember to this day. It was the afternoon. We were in a post lunch haze and the kids were playing hide and seek. This boy decided that the space under the cloth covered table

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  • Why I keep coming back to writing

    There are a lot of things in my life that give me solace. Books, food, desserts, looking at pretty things on Pinterest, a good shopping sesh, a very specific group of people. But if there’s one thing that makes me feel like I matter, like I have value, it is writing.

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  • The thing about perseverance #MondayMusings

    So I’m back because once again my friend MT (she’s different from MP by the way) has asked me to shed my pearls of wisdom for her benefit. Today we talk about perseverance. Recently, because I hate myself, I started on this 31 day challenge of self-love and 6 days into it, everything is going

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  • Non obvious things you should be prepared for when writing your manuscript

    By the time the idea for writing my manuscript came to me, I had read all writing related articles and had a fair handle on how to go about plotting, sketching, planning and writing my manuscript. I also kept reminding myself, quite firmly, one of the best advices that MP ever gave me: don’t edit

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  • 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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  • On turning 29 #MondayMusings

    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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  • The pointless fight

    The contrast between the brown and the green was stark – like nature had drawn an invisible line separating the two.

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