Travel. Stories. Poetry.
The Alchemist is probably one of those books you’re supposed to read when you first start reading. It’s one of those books everyone seems to know, everyone recommends, and somehow, I managed to keep postponing. I knew it was a bestseller but never actually read it….until recently. I was on a train when a woman... Continue Reading →
Well, let’s start with what these last couple of weeks have been. It is a wonder when you have advanced so busily in your career, and it is almost a coincidence when both your alma maters (IIT Madras and University of Pennsylvania) plan gatherings in the span of one week! So I thought, just like... Continue Reading →
The aunty who does housekeeping took the day off. But mom already put clothes in the washing machine and the sink is full of dishes. She got ready for office and told me and Sunny to split the work. She did warn us that we will be ripped if we don't finish the work by the time she comes home for lunch. She ain't wrong because we do have a history of not doing the chores. I used the 'I have so much work today, you do it this time, next time I'll do for sure' card with Sunny and it didn't work. He took doing the dishes and I took drying the clothes. I connected my AirPods for music and was dancing in the balcony drying the clothes. 10 minutes later. Exactly when I was listening to The Show by Lenka where she sings "I'm just a little girl lost in the moment, I'm so scared but I don't show it" and swaying to the beat, the shirt I was drying on the wire, hit the AirPod on my left ear sending it flying. No!
Overnight train. Beautiful views. Solace time. Smile on my face. What else can be a better moment to pen down the beautiful journey I embarked on! In the huzzy-buzzy everyday life, where we constantly run behind spending time with everyone around us, rarely do we get to spend time with ourselves. We owe ourselves that... Continue Reading →
