Drift

My adulation for fiction was well-known in my school life. In university, I was too busy dissecting the syllabus, finding myself in the sea of literature and research papers that reading fiction was long forgotten. Once I started working, I had hoped to resume reading like I'd always wanted to. But the books I bought …

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Pushing the envelope

As the clock strikes 11 pm my energy levels plummet to an all time low and my system slowly goes in hibernation. I do not call it sleep mode because I am pretty conscious of my surroundings, though not active enough to note slight movements. This is usually when I rummage for a bookmark and …

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Small Joys

I have been gone from the blogging scene (again) for over 10 days and in these few days, not a single day passed without me wishing to publish a post or at least read my favorite blogs. But as my broadband would have it, it has been dying out on me every few minutes. Despite …

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Acceptance of Change

I have always credited myself as the one blessed with a generous helping of patience. I have always seen it as a virtue passed on to me in the strands of DNA, I inherited from my mother. These were my usual claims until I got married. That's when life gifted me a mirror and what …

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Awkwardness -4

Please read the earlier posts of this series here; part 1, part 2 & part 3. A couple of weeks ago, came an unexpected twist in our relationship with Nina and her parents. It was the week when Nina told Pari that her birthday was round the corner and she'll be hosting a birthday party. …

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