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April 3, 2015
Demons Among Us
Nirbhaya. 2 School girls raped in Badaun. An 8 year old raped in Bangalore. A nun here. A boy there. India seems to be taken by a storm of sexual abuses at present. Other countries issue warnings to their women … Continue reading →
April 2, 2015
Choices, for Empowerment?
Moving on to the third day of the A to Z blogging challenge. Today’s letter is C. I toyed for some time with two topic ideas, two choices, both equally dear to me. In the end, I decided to go … Continue reading →
April 1, 2015
Best Days of My Life
Its amazing how time flies by. You keep running and running to keep up with the churning��of your daily routine, you get lost many times in the trivial intricacies of the mundane, that you fail to notice how far you … Continue reading →
March 31, 2015
Adjust and Adapt – That’s the Way Life Is
My first post is about the twin dictates of adjust and adapt, something every Indian girl is told to do when she enters into wedlock. She has to adjust to her husband, his family members, sometimes even their dogs and … Continue reading →
A to Z Challenge
So I decided to participate in the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge right on the 0th hour. Off late I have only been posting book reviews on my blog, and this would be a good impetus to churn up newer and imaginative … Continue reading →
March 2, 2015
Wrong for the Right Reasons – A Review
Wrong�� For The Right Reasons by�� Ritu Lalit The Blurb Shyamoli Verma���s timing is wrong. In her late twenties, she finds that her marriage is irrevocably broken. She comes back to her parents with her pre-teen son and an infant … Continue reading →
January 12, 2015
2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading →
December 21, 2014
God is a Gamer – A Review
God is a Gamer by Ravi Subramanium The Blurb Aditya runs a gaming company that is struggling to break even. A banker slips off a highrise building, plunging to her death. The finance minister has made some promises that he … Continue reading →
December 16, 2014
Against All Odds – A Review
Against All Odds By Jazz Singh The Blurb The first time they collide, he thinks she’s a con artist, she believes he’s an arrogant snob. It takes several meetings to change their minds about each other, but … Continue reading →
October 19, 2014
How do You Steam Things Up? Ask Sundari!
As an author, writing intimate scenes, or describing the act of making love is part and parcel of your ‘writer-hood’. Although, I admit, I find it hard to write scenes that are deliciously intimate, and don’t sound vulgar or trashy. However, … Continue reading →
