It is said that there is a right time for everything. So exactly when is it? When is the right time to get married? When is the right time to have a baby? When is the right time to move in or move out? When is the right time to quit? When is the right [...]
Category: Writing
When Words Fail
Have you ever been in a situation where no matter how hard you thought, you just could not come up with any word? When you went BLANK? It happens when no amount of words, strung together even in the most beautiful manner, seem just "right." Today, I heard of a colleague who had a miscarriage. [...]
You Will Be Just Fine
Not a clue Of how to go along. Not a star of hope In the dark sky. Not a sign That something will happen. Still, you will be fine. Not a person By your side. Not a situation In your stride. Not a thing To make you smile. Still, you will be fine. Just a [...]
Starting Afresh
"What? You want to leave everything you have got till now and start over? From scratch?" they asked. "I want to start afresh," she said. "It's the same! Plus, it's insane," they emphasised. "What if it will make me happy?" she asked. "What if you end up disappointed?" they asked back. "At least I would [...]
Call Me My Age
Call me my age Because I won't have it any other way. Treat me my age Because I have earned it anyway. I am a lady, No longer a girl. It's no longer "Sadie," "Sarah" can't be taken for a whirl. My looks might deceive But my words will not. What my past did receive, [...]
Tying Her Shoelaces
An army officer for whom his uniform, duty and country are everything, during an earthquake rescue operation, sees the girl who rejected him thrice volunteering as a doctor. In the midst of all the commotion, he walks up to her, as she stands stunned herself. Without a word, he bends over and puts down his [...]
What’s in a Name?
The name we go by becomes our identity. It is something we hear innumerable times each day and every single time, we pay attention when it's taken. It is what we are introduced as to people we might have never even come across. So many emotions connected to us ring in the hearts of people [...]
3 Things About Putting Up a Show
It matters not where it happens or on how big a scale. There are three things about putting up a show that cut across place as well as scale and are inevitable. If you care about it, you will have to put up with them. 1. Lots and lots of Hard Work This one goes [...]
One by One
Spoiled for choice, Greedy for more. How do you finish This and much more? Be it movies Or soap operas. Be it travel destinations Or food delicacies. With the world At your fingertips, The list goes on, Getting updated every second. So what do you do? Choose one over another? Or take a deep breath, [...]
When to Give Up
After the third or seventh or twentieth time? When should one finally give up? When should one stop hoping against hope and say enough? It's simple. You give up when you have nothing more to give. When you feel absolutely empty inside. When you no longer care. But till there is even one tiny part [...]
An Author You'll Remember 