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Tanka Tuesday 04.11.25 & Art : Serenity

This week’s Tanka Tuesday prompt is to focus on the word ‘veil’. It’s been months since I participated in Tanka Tuesday and although, I missed participating in it and the engagement, I couldn’t write syllabic poetry. My muse played hard to get leaving me stranded. This post was meant to be an art post. I […]

Book Review 21/50, 2025 : On Earth We are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

This is a book I picked up a few years ago, and tried reading twice before but for some reason couldn’t get past the first fifty pages. This is not to say the first fifty pages are boring. The language is exquisite, lyrical, so much so that you want to hold it in your tongue […]

Hello, November

I didn’t begin writing this post with the thought of it being a gratitude post but, after reading all that I had written, it sounded exactly that even if I wasn’t explicitly saying it. So, I decided to start it off with saying, ‘I’m grateful I made it through October.’ It was a month that […]

Art: Monet’s Waterlilies

Just when I was thinking, it’s all very well to enjoy painting and keep doing it, but what purpose does it achieve if it only adorns my walls or is stacked up in my art room ( there are only so many that I can put up without making the house look like an art […]

Art : Monet’s Poppies and Conversation on Introverted Artists

I haven’t had the time to write on the blog, participate in the various challenges here or read your blogs. I have missed doing all of it sorely. The busyness of the festivals (Navratri and Diwali) were more than I could handle; I retained my sanity by painting whenever the time permitted. The last three […]

Kenya Diaries 2025 : Navaratri celebration

It’s been a busy month- far too busy for my comfort, but it wasn’t half as busy as it has been for some of the people I have gotten to know here, who’ve been attending prayer ceremonies by day and dancing through the night. First, there was Navaratri, the nine nights of celebrating the feminine […]

Art : Figure sketch in charcoal

I write another post and do not share it. And a fortnight’s passed without publishing anything on the blog except for the painting of Lord Ganesha. That was easy. I mean, sharing the painting. It’s a picture. It does not tell you what I’m thinking, how I am feeling or anything else about me. In […]

Art : My first deity painting

It’s been a week since I wrote a post. I’ve been trying to, but there’s so much that’s kept me on my toes here, that everytime I began writing a post, I ended up going off track. So, instead of writing anything, I’ve decided to share a painting I did. This is my way of […]

Book Review 19/50, 2025 : The Gift of Self by Vandana Bhasin

The Gift of Self is written by Vandana Bhasin, a poet with whom I co-authored my first and only poetry book so far. The poems in this book are very different from those in the earlier book. It shows the growth and transformation of the poet since the last book. The sense of calmness, self-awareness […]

The Numbers Game #91-213

The numbers game- Judy Dystra-Brown I was going through the posts on my reader and I came across this challenge on Aletta’s blog. Check her blog if you want to see some bright and cheerful pictures.For the challenge, you’re supposed to go to your gallery and type the number (this week, it’s 213) and see […]