Sixteen

Pari has always disliked wearing a bib. I couldn't tie one even when she was hardly a couple of months old, for she would resist, cry and force me to remove it then & there. It hasn't changed till date. Pari is strongly agitated when I try to shampoo or oil her hair. She doesn't …

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Someday

I have had a working mum from the time life started making sense to me. In fact, she started working long before she got married and continued working all her life till her retirement. As a result, from childhood I had the belief that being a working woman is something as normal as eating food …

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Cheeni Kum

Cheeni Kum literally means Sugar is less. It's a phrase used to represent lack of taste in the (sweet) dish or something less than perfect. This post is about my relation with sugar over the years. Sugar holds a very important place in my life. As a child I was a sugar-o-holic. Loved sweets like ants …

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Sneak Peek

My stress levels are back to their peak values. I am not even going to begin worrying about the cause for it, for the list has only grown longer each time I sat to count the issues in my life. That brought me to jot down a point I strongly believe in. I dislike the idea of …

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Resemblance

I have started going for evening walks to give myself a dose of the outside world, some fresh air, exercise, some time of my own and time away from daily household chores (though not exactly, for I often pick grocery items on my way back). It's been a while since I started. On my way …

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