Ell P.'s Blog, page 2
July 8, 2018
Date with a writer
The other day I went on a date with a writer, you know because I am a writer, and I do have this weird notion that writers are good in bed.
I connected with him on Facebook. He sent me a friend request and I read his poetry where he pushes the books off the desk and his woman shatters the glasses kept on the study table, they throw away the clothes scattered on the clothes line and clean the bed off all pillows.
And then in clutter free room they make passionate love.
Well, if that weren’t an...
June 26, 2018
The Bride who was late
I was born late. I mean I stuck around mother’s womb a week or two, just to float listlessly in that rapidly constricting sack of amniotic fluid and critically analyze my life choices.
Which pretty much set my life’s precedent for the next thirty-five years. I don’t remember a single day at school when I wasn’t late. And I can’t forget my graduation day where my shame faced dad had to go up there on the stage and collect my certificate. I mean it wasn’t really my fault; I had to stop the traf...
May 28, 2018
When I became a therapy dog…
“I thought Labradors are the best therapy animals “, I said as I stirred a cup of tea that I had made for my visitor; one that I did not quite enjoy a visit from. Not because he wasn’t easy on the eye, it was because every single time he walked through the threshold of my door, he carried bad, terrible, unsavoury and in this case, positively damning news.
“Labradors are on the brink of extinction, Thanks to another breed of cannibalistic canines, who deemed Labradors, a delicacy.” He spat out...
May 20, 2018
When middle aged men serenade middle aged women…
I apologise if I have misled you by this title; made you think that as you read ahead you will be beguiled by a story of two middle-aged, hopeless romantics finding love and solace in each other.
Please remove all images of Jane Austen style wooing with a dark and brooding, yet occasionally witty, Mr. Darcy.
No, no, no, the following lines are not meant to reaffirm your faith in finding love, no matter the age.
I am going to talk about a real menace that many of us face, day in and day out th...
May 3, 2018
Write Club Magazine – Edition 11
“The Chronicles of Jim and other stories” marks the eleventh edition of Write Club Bangalore Magazine. You can read it for free under Kindle Unlimited, if not, it is just INR 49.
It starts with a darkly disturbing series of diary entries, by a troubled young man in “The Chronicles of Jim, written by Ashwin Kumar.
Moves on to the riveting Mythological Fiction called “Monster” written by Write Club, Bangalore’s recent enviable talent, Yedu Bose.
The series of stories then takes a dramatic turn...
April 30, 2018
The Duel of Derika
Derika dragged her feet and groaned as she glimpsed the looming shadow of the arena. It’s massive iron gates slowly, reluctantly, grated open, perhaps as reluctant to let Derika in, as she was to get into the arena.
Her father walked, proud next to Derika, a whole five inches shorter that her.
The duel was set and Derika was expected to defeat the mighty Amazonian Princess, Ina, if she every hoped to marry Prince Sebastian. And to be honest, Derika was more than happy to lose that match. It w...
March 11, 2018
Fury…
Forty minutes later you are inside your blanket, tucked in, twisting and turning, unable to sleep. You double check the alarm, and wonder why; even though you wake up at 5:30 am, you’re still not able to sleep. Your friends tell you that you suffer from insomnia, your therapist tells you that it is all that stress from the divorce, your Mom tells you that it is because of all that time you spend staring at the goddamned phone. Your hands reach for the phone again, you think that maybe your l...
January 11, 2018
December 22, 2017
6 rules to perfect Male Hygiene
Now close your eyes and imagine sitting in swanky club with your date. You are snuggled close to her and she’s looking up to you just as you, with your unending charm, regale her with another of those witty anecdotes. A disco light suddenly illuminates your face and you notice that she grimaces and turns away.
What could it be?
Is it something on your face? Is it a zit? A stray hair? Is it bad breath? NOSTRIL HAIR?!
Yes, male grooming is a thing and we have come a long, lon...
December 20, 2017
Are you leading a team of Millennials? Four ways you can rewire yourself to lead effectively.
Vibha Women Empowerment For Entrepreneurship
Millennials is the buzz words today, at least everywhere that I go all I hear about is how Gen X and Baby boomers just can’t seem to grasp what a Millennial is.
So, before I even embark on this crucial journey of unlearning, especially when you have to lead a team of Millennials. Let us first understand the term “Millennial”.
“Millennials, also known as Generation Y or the Net Generation, are the demographic cohort that directly follows Generatio...
