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Art Diaries : Choose to be the lamp that shatters the darkness

I just realized that I hadn’t shared the last painting I did before my holiday to Cambodia. So, here it is. I did this watercolor painting on my sketchpad with 160 gsm paper (it’s not ideal, like I ‘ve said before; it buckles with a little water). But I love how this turned out. The […]

Cambodian Diaries : Day 1- Landing in beautiful Siem Reap

We travelled to the country for our 25th wedding anniversary. It wasn’t the season (the right time is November – February when it’s cooler) and although it was warm and humid on the first two days (it rained during the last 2 evenings of our stay), we had fun. It was our first real holiday […]

Published : Cave-dwelling birds by Spillwords Press

I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Cave-dwelling birds’ was published by Spillwords Press on my anniversary. I dedicated this poem to my husband and to ‘us’ on our 25th anniversary, which we celebrated on 12th September, this year. Here are a few lines from the poem You and I, lovers of solitude.gratified in each other’s […]

Published : Cave-dwelling birds by Spillwords Press

I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Cave-dwelling birds’ was published by Spillwords Press on my anniversary. I dedicated this poem to my husband and to ‘us’ on our 25th anniversary, which we celebrated on 12th September, this year. Here are a few lines from the poem You and I, lovers of solitude.gratified in each other’s […]

Book Review 20/50 : ‘Just One Goodbye- Poems from the heart’ by Balroop Singh

I got this book on the last day of our six-day holiday to Cambodia. We were celebrating our wedding anniversary. When I told the author that I would read it as soon as I returned home, she apologized for ‘ a gloomy book at this time of celebrations.’ She said, ‘Enjoy your milestone anniversary and […]

Book Review 19 : Train to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh

My father-in-law gifted me this book in 2017. It’s been lying on my book shelf since then, first in Dubai, then in Mumbai and now in Dhaka. Of the few books I carried to Dhaka, when we moved here, two years ago, this was one. I intended to read it some day as it’s one […]

Art Diaries : Drawing, Shading, Ink and Wash

I shared two of the three pictures below, earlier. But I gathered that it deserves a post of its own. I’ve been working on my drawing and shading. I started with drawing a ball and then moved to trying out hands. Here are the hands I tried. Click on the arrows to see the pictures […]

Thursday Doors 05/09/24: Mother Temple, Bali

I managed to click a few doors on my recent trip to Bali with my friends from college. It was an amazing trip which I still have to write about. However, with so much else happening at my end and around me, I haven’t got down to writing it. But, I thought I’d share the […]

Tanka Tuesday 030924: New Beginnings & Art Practice

This is the second last post for the Tanka Tuesday challenge hosted by Colleen . This challenge lasted over the entire year and comes to an end next Tuesday. I missed quite a few in between because of my travels but I did not want to miss the end, so here I am. I hope […]

‘Empty Lines’ Won!

‘Empty Lines’ won ‘Publication of the Month’ for August. A huge ‘Thank you’ to all of you who voted for the poem to win. When I wrote, ‘Empty Lines’, I was forcing myself to write as I hadn’t written in ages. It wasn’t like the times when words came tumbling out and I had to […]