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#15to50 Challenge: Live the Lie

“This cheery persona, these colorful masks... they are all a lie. I feel so empty inside.”“Then live the lie.” he told me. "Be one with the cheery false appearances until gradually the lie becomes your reality and the darkness is no longer visible, even to you."

Authors note: Word Count - 47.This post is written for the 'From 15 to 50‘ challenge hosted by The Moving QuillThe Prompts are:Word prompt: PerspectivePhrase Prompt: ‘Three in a row’Picture Prompt: As seen abov...

Bards of the Blogosphere: Chapter 1 - Princess' Day Out. #CelebrateBlogging

Authors note: This is the first chapter in the "Game of Blogs" for the team "Bards of the Blogosphere." #CelebrateBlogging

“You know, she was really beautiful on that stage.”He nodded as he looked away from his mobile and smiled. “Yes. She is my daughter, after all. Good looks run in my genes.”  He leaned sideways, trying to avoid the punch he knew was coming. Instead, she just stared at him with an exasperated look that he knew so well.“Don’t try that grumpy mama look on me, Tara. ...

BOB: Chapter 1 - Princess' Day Out. #CelebrateBlogging

Authors note: This is the first chapter in the "Game of Blogs" for the team "Bards of the Blogosphere." #CelebrateBlogging

“You know, she was really beautiful on that stage.”He nodded as he looked away from his mobile and smiled. “Yes. She is my daughter, after all. Good looks run in my genes.”  He leaned sideways, trying to avoid the punch he knew was coming. Instead, she just stared at him with an exasperated look that he knew so well.“Don’t try that grumpy mama look on me, Tara. ...

This is not how my story ends #SuicidePrevention

Depression is not a sin. In India, people will take medical treatment for impotency but they will never take aid for depression or related bipolar disorders. That is something we all noticed as doctors. The stigma of mental weakness was too humiliating to even disclose let alone treat, the individual's suffering be damned.  
“Everything will be okay.” “God will find a way.” “Pretend it never happened. Don’t tell anyone.”
This is the Indian way of treating depression, is it not? Bury i...

Yummy Crab Curry

Everyone always mentions the site from which they took their stock photos for their blog posts. Well, this post is slightly different. Because this crab curry dish and the pictures all originate right here at home. So where's the tribute?
Well, this is a thank you to the blogger Aarthi from the wonderful site Yummy Tummy.
This dish is based on her recipe here which all of us at home just loved.


  

Seafood lovers, do try out that recipe - trust me. It's yummy.
Aarthi, on behalf of a...

What's your favourite song featuring 'you' ?

"Unse Nazar Kya Milin Roshan Fizaein Ho Gayee..." - Hosh walon ko, 'Sarfarosh', 1999

And instantly I smile. That single line within an already awesome song elevates the number to a ethereal plane for me. 
How many of you smile when your name comes up in a song? I guess not everyone is lucky enough to born with names like Roxanne, Sheila, Munni or Black Magic Woman, but still, I always wonder - do you react when the singer sings your name within a song or do you just casually ignore it...

Fact: Snakes can still kill you after they have lost their head!

If you know our Indian myths and folk lores you would know better than to piss off a snake. Those guys are vindictive sons of reptiles and often reincarnate into Sridevi and come back to take revenge on you after death.
Say that I look better than Jeetendra in White!
SAY IT!!
I always laugh at the idiocy of such moments in Bollywood movies but it turns out those snakes are the ones having the last laugh.
Last month, a chef in China (but of course it just had to be China) was killed by a snake. No...

My story shortlisted at Indireads 2nd Short Story Contest

I am taking part in the Indireads Second Short Story contest being held presently.
If you recall, I had participated last year as well under the 'Crime' category and eventually won that year. In fact, that year both my entries were under the category of 'Crime' and both were shortlisted and eventually published in Indireads first anthology "The Long and Short of It."

As always, I have tried not to stay within a fixed genre while writing and so this time, decided to try my hand at drama for...

Onam Sadya

Sadya refers to the traditional banquet of vegetarian dishes, served in Kerala. Give a Malayalee a chance to talk on it and he will chew your ear off with his take on the who/what/when/wheres related to the sadya. So what are the bullet points you need to know about this most gastronomic delight?



Traditionally served on a banana leaf and eaten without cutlery.During a traditional sadya, we do not count calories... we count dishes. An Onam sadya will normally have more than 24 items in a single...

Mahabali is coming to town!

And considering where Mahabali is coming from, you just know that
he is not going to be as judgemental as that Santa Claus fella' from
the North Pole! No 'naughty or nice' list for him!You know that the Kerala festival of Onam is around the corner when you find yourself surrounded by flower carpets everywhere you go! These designs have all been made by the medical and para-medical staff at the hospital where I work. 



And yes, I too contribute to the beauty of the designs... by allowing them...