Last week was really tough physically, mentally, and emotionally. After the episode with my society, the municipality’s Garden Head came for inspection and the management still hasn’t reached out to me to assuage my concerns. It has been 40 degrees in the city, the heat waves continuing to beat down on us unchallenged, undeterred. You... Continue Reading →
I have come here today to tell the story of how the last week has been a haze of cold, steely anger because I am in a beef with people who have been unresponsive to any and all conversation I’ve been trying to have with them. The foremost of them all is my housing society’s... Continue Reading →
When I returned home from a work dinner last week, I felt a deep sense of emptiness around me so tangible that I could almost touch it. After spending more than ten hours surrounded by a large number of people, when I stood alone in front of my cupboard to pick out my pyjamas, the... Continue Reading →
Recently, I completed the setup for a Substack titled Small Heresies to separate my opinion and essays from the musings I pen on my blog. The road to this Substack was difficult, because I didn’t want one in the first place. As someone who has been writing on this blog for over 15 years, I... Continue Reading →
quick scribbles: 02.04.26 / had taken time off from blogging / life became too overwhelming at the start of the year / did not know where to place the words / complicated feelings / the world, my world coming apart at its seams / everything was louder / not enough silence / no prayer /... Continue Reading →
Three little birds sat on my windowAnd they told me Idon't need to worry During the year-end holidays, I took a different approach to deal with my homebody self, absence of travel plans, and general sense of loneliness that singles face in such times of merrymaking. I made a list of things that I’ve been... Continue Reading →
There are so many books I am yet to post about, so I decided to (mini) review them in a single post. Instead of musing about them, I have tried to keep my impressions of the book to 280 characters at best. Consider this a nested thread of tweets, if you will. Let's go. Book... Continue Reading →
Sixteen years. Happy sweet sixteen to my blog. At this point, I am chronicling my life experiences and indulgences on here; I am also documenting the trials and travails of living. This is my organic, beautiful, and sometimes, unsure space for being who I am. The rest of the blogging world has moved forward to... Continue Reading →
