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Six Reasons To Choose A Window Seat – Bits From Life

Do you feel the topic to be a tab bit weird to be writing about? Well, even I thought so as the seeds of this post first germinated inside my mind. I settled down on my not-so-cozy hostel bed, took out my diary and my fancy pen and started scribbling down the ‘important’ points that […]

Book Review, Almost.

I was planning to write something over the weekend, but then we had a short trip planned to Ootty from our hospital, which took a toll on me, although the trip was a beautiful one in many regards. I was too tired when I reached back, with my muscles aching from the few rides I […]

Finding My Voice – #Bits From Life

I rarely read non-fiction, but for the past few days, I have had this constant urge to dig into one, any one – a memoir, a self-help book, an essay, biography or an autobiography, and that was when I stumbled onto the book ‘Playing Big’ by Tara Mohr, which is part memoir, part tutorial and […]

Silver Stains Of Solitude – Fiction

The bus came to a sudden halt with no prior hint, that I almost knocked my head against the sturdy metal bar. “Are you ok, Geetha ji”, my maid enquired. “I am fine, almost survived if I might say“, I replied, trying to sound funny, as she wrapped her agile arms around me and brought […]

Suppressed Wails- Short Fiction

Puja sat crouching inside the closet, her lips pursed. Her almond eyes now trembled with the weight of impending doom. She could clearly hear her mother shouting at the top of her voice. Her father’s voice could be heard too, although less frighteningly. She looked down at the fleshy wound on her arm, which failed […]

Let Me – Fiction

“Everyone tighten their shoe laces and get ready for the best adventure of your lives!” The instructor’s enthusiastic voice drifted to Abhay’s ears as he stood upright, his hands wound around a binocular. He felt a faint streak of sadness fleet across his mind. He had signed up for the three day trekking event in […]

How Anxious Am I? – Bits From Life

Anxiety has been an undeniable part of me since I could remember. Not simply anxiety, timidity too had been an indomitable part of my inner self during my child hood days. I was never among the many cherubic faces that one sees in a class room who pass their time, sharing anecdotes with their friends during the […]

Of New Book and New Life

It has become not much of a surprise that I disappear from this space for days or even months at a stretch. The situation or habit is so when it comes to many writers of this generation, with most of them pursuing writing as their passion/ solace, while seeking time to write down articles, short […]

Between Right And Wrong – Fiction

The nauseating stench of liquor hit her hard as she neared the rocky terrain to the toddy shop. If her husband had been with her, he would have picked up the smell from half a mile away and would have swooned right then and there.The memory of her husband brought with it harrowing details of […]

Let Me Write My Heart Out, Please – A Note To Self

  Sometimes, to passively glide through a day seems the most daunting of the tasks. Unembellished moments lie scattered on the path; uninspiring thoughts float around like an aimless bottle on the surface of a murky water body. Believe it or not, life is never an easy ride. Neither is it filled with thorns from […]