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I am for Inner Wheel
Inner Wheel is an international women’s organisation committed to create friendship, service and understanding. It has clubs in over 100 countries with over 100,000 members. It was founded in Manchester by Margarette Golding in 1924. Abhay was a Rotarian and insisted that I too join the Inner Wheel. I was not too keen on joining…
Ventilator in My Chest
It all happened so suddenly and all was lost in a matter of days. Three days exactly because the fourth was spent in donating your organs. Eight people were getting a new lease of life elsewhere while life was ebbing away from you. I know you would not have gone if it were in your…
Where is Benin?
One thing that I love about WordPress is the world map that it shows. For those who are not on WordPress, it is an analytics feature which shows the countries from where a hit that is a post view has taken place. Currently my analytics show 36 countries from all around. Now, I loved geography…
Caught on Quota
Mark Ryan is a fellow blogger I follow at https://havocandconsequence.wordpress.com/He is a sensitive writer whose writing mostly leans towards the painful, brooding, melancholic yet insightful kind. There’s a lot of sadness in his poetry and it does get to me at times. Just today I came across the following quote by Kierkegaard, “What is a poet?…
Another Story, Another Win!
Within a span of a few days another of my stories, this time for a Mother’s Day short story competition by The Thinking Pen has won. It will be published on their website between June 15th and June 30th, https://thethinkingpen.com/the-unread-obituary-by-shruti-parasnis/. Also, the Amazon eBook with my work will be released in the month of July.So, I…
A Noisy Picnic
A few days back I saw a heartwarming advertisement on Facebook. It is an ice cream advert showing a kid whose mother encourages him to learn the sign language to make friends with a differently abled new kid in the neighbourhood. Not only is the video touching but also thought provoking.The advert reminded me of…
Is God Punishing Us?
Some time back I was reading an article in which the author mentioned that her parents always taught her time and again that God was watching us all the time. She felt that if God could watch, hear and love us, He could surely punish us for all our sins through the ages that humanity…
When they hurt – I hurt!
Originally posted on This Vulnerable life:
Until we break the system and rebuild it with fairness, our tears will never dry. Sometimes they will run harder and stronger and heavier than before, like crying for the first time – a new born gasping at life. Other times, desert dry – numbness in it’s place but…
Getting Published For The First Time!
All these days getting published meant publishing a post on my blog or on the school blog or a little article being published in the school magazine. Today, it has taken an entirely new meaning. One of my stories is actually getting published in a book by Notion Press. More importantly it is one of…
Soans Rezones 