Tarang Sinha's Blog, page 39
April 19, 2015
Do you keep a dream journal?
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley , Misery by Stephen King, Twilight Stephenie Meyer. What do these three great books have in common? They all are inspired by dreams.
It happens. If you are a writer, you can easily connect your dreams with your creativity.
I had a dream. A little vague. When I woke up, I was happy, thinking that it can be a nice scene for my story but, I forgot to jot it down and I forgot. Very frustrating! Just like some writing ideas, memories of drea...
April 13, 2015
Book Review: The Mother I Never Knew by Sudha Murthy
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The Mother I Never Knew is my second book by Sudha Murthy . The first one was Mahashweta and I think it was a nice read. But, for this book, I am not sure if I can say the same.
The Mother I Never Knew is a set of two novellas, based on nearly same theme. Finding (Rather discovering) a mother the protagonist never knew.
The first story is about Venkatesh, a rich bank employee, who stumbles upon his lookalike one day. This leads him to the hidden past of his father, which includes an abandoned wi...
April 6, 2015
Book Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
I am not a fan of suspense, thrillers. The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins ( Random House India ) is a suspense thriller, and I loved it! Because it’s different. Not just typical tensed, dark, packed with unending action.
Rachel’s life is perfectly imperfect! She is alcoholic, and creates mess; her flatmate resents her habits and may evict her someday soon; she is jobless, seeking a loan from her mother; she is divorced yet hovering around her ex-husband and his new wife and baby. Obvio...
April 3, 2015
Emotional Abuse
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"...reading your emails, going through your internet browser history - you describe all this as though it is commonplace, as though it is normal. It isn't, Megan. It is not normal to invade someone's privacy to that degree. It's what is often seen as a form of emotional abuse."
This dialogue is from a book "The Girl on The Train" that I'm just about to finish. (It's gripping!). Do you find anything striking in it. I did. It left me thinking. I was introduced to a new term. "Emotional...
April 1, 2015
On Making Choices: My Take on #MyChoice Video
Initially, I thought to let it go but I just couldn’t. The churning thoughts in my mind seemed disturbing.
I strongly believe that you should do everything you want to do until, until it’s not irresponsible, unethical, and illegal. Like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara! And, everyone has the right to live happily and at peace. You must make a strong choice for your happy, sober and peaceful life.
But, I think My Choice Video by Deepika Padukone in association with Vogue India is slightly o...
March 24, 2015
Happiness...just a state of mind
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It's difficult to define happiness. However, if I try, I'd say, "It's just a state of mind". A reflection of your fulfilled wishes and desires. A dash of rekindled hope. It's about your perspective and approach. You don't need a reason to be happy. Disappointments may cloud your chances to be happy but you'll be happy eventually if you actually want to be happy. Chase them if you think they are running away! You will beat them. Trust me.
There are many tiny, large, sweet reasons for...
March 18, 2015
Book Review: Seahorse by Janice Pariat
Seahorse by Janice Pariat is a book that I added in my current reading list without any doubt.
Reason? Beautiful writing style of the author. Her first book, a collection of short stories, Boats on Land won the Sahitya Akademi Young Writer Award.
Seahorse is about Nem, a student of English Literature at Delhi University. Nem, already struggling with the ghost of his past, is inexplicably, deeply attracted towards an art historian Prof. Nicholas. Nem's life transforms completely as with his ment...
March 15, 2015
You can't leave me. Really?
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“What would you do if I get into a steaming extra-marital affair?” A husband asks, casually.
The wife shrugs, unable to understand what to say. How to react.
“Why? Won’t you feel bad?”
“Of course, I would feel bad. I’d think what went wrong, but I won’t be able to live with you then.” The wife says.
“Can you live without me?” The husband asks.
The wife ponders. No. It’d be very difficult.
“You would leave me? How could you? You love me so much!” The husband says.
“Don’t you love me?”...
It's good to be stubborn
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I got up urgently. It was dark, and the room was breathing relaxed silence, unlike my whirling mind. I fervently groped for my notebook that I used to keep on my side table or sometimes even under my pillow.
I don’t understand why interesting ideas flash at weird hours! I didn’t want to disturb anyone, so I silently grabbed my mobile phone and switch on the backlight, and started scribbling on my notebook. Trying to catch everything that was running in my mind. Satisfied, I was abou...
March 8, 2015
From 'We' Time To 'Me' Time
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Togetherness is a blessing and solitude is a friend , and silence is bliss! Yes, it may sound odd, but sometimes women need this 'Me' time.
We love spending time with our families, listening to them. Sharing their woes and joys. Fixing their problems. We cherish those moments. Loving, caring and being loved and cared!
In the hustle-bustle of life, we do make time for our dear ones, but we generally don't get that special time that should be exclusively for us. When I say this, it doesn...
