This sub-category is like a personal blog for writers. Writings primarily based in personal experience are part of this.
It wasn’t very often that Grandma visited us for summer vacations. Only this time, my parents were very skeptical about how my traveling would be a real fuss, and trains aren’t that comfortable. We took to staying home in the scorching heat of May and the joyous company of mangoes, coconut water, and the wood…
I pride myself on being a prudent shopper. No, those fancy handbags and the glittery shoes are not for me, you Giant Consumer-baiting Corporation. I can enter a mall, an airport, or the famous shopping districts of the country and come out not a penny poorer; yes, I am that strong! Or a miser of…
I get called weird a lot. On my face, at my back, all the time. I don’t have a problem with it. I accept that I really am weird, multiple levels of weird personified, in fact. But who isn’t, right? Let me get down to some facts. We are all crazy, weird, not-so-normal. We are…
A couple of days ago, my very adventurous husband brought home two exotic fruits – Kiwi and dragon fruit. I call them exotic because I’ve never eaten them. Maybe there are people in this city who eat them so regularly that they’ll roll their eyes when they hear me call those fruits ‘exotic’. I don’t…
It’s a common belief that living in an Indian metropolitan city means that all your problems are solved. It’s like Jiya’s Nani from Shararat just randomly popped in your life, snapped her fingers, and poof! You’re now living a life that many would kill for! But the reality is – sorry to say– a lot…
It is a social belief that woman stands behind a man’s success. Well, it is not entirely true. In my case, it was, it is a man in my life who is the reason for my success. Society has always been partial towards men. Society expects men to behave as per the standards. For example,…
I am a girl. We live in a society where patriarchy gets its business done without anyone’s notice. It is so deeply ingrained that we fail to identify it every time it gets into action. Many conversations with a patriarchal undertone easily pass off as normal. In this post, let me share three of my…
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending” C. S. Lewis The Student I am Sowmya. I am a popular kid in my school. I’m known for my brazen attitude. Apparently, I’m good at academics and extra-curricular activities. You could call me an All-rounder….
“Khaane ke liye jiite ho, yaa jiine ke liye khaate ho” (Do you live to eat or eat to live?) said my uncle as I pounced upon the last piece of dessert. This much pun in life runs in Indian households whenever a voracious eater and a moralizing uncle come face to face. Like every popular…
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