I want to start with thanks for the positive reception that I’ve been getting on the blog. There are likes, comments and personal posts of appreciation on WhatsApp and Facebook and each of them means a lot to me. One common refrain across all remarks is that I write from my heart.I remember having read…
Happy birthday, baby!
The idea for this book came last year. The letters were collected for Shubham’s seventeenth birthday and were to be compiled into a book. The gift got delayed by a year but it is finally here. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to this book, from the title on the cover to the…
Learning To Let Go
One very good thing with WhatsApp is that one gets unsolicited advice with ardour. You get up in the morning and friends across groups give you the daily dose of how to live a happy, fulfilling and contented life. I do not grudge these messages, at times they are worth pondering upon and if nothing…
A message for my children.
I truly agree with Oprah Winfrey’s claim that, “Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” When I first became a teacher, I was more of a friend than mother to my students. But as I evolved, matured and aged, I started treating my students as my children. This was also because of…
The Curved Line
One thing that I’ve been complimented the most about is my ability to smile. I can smile through pain, strife, and happiness alike. The thing is I want to be remembered for my smiles because it is the only thing that I can give in abundance to whoever I meet. Long time back, I had…
Learning to be Invictus
“Giving up is not on your list, Sona!” reads a comment on my blog. The comment comes from an equally strong woman who luckily happens to be my cousin. And this lesson was taught to me by another cousin when I was in my late teens or had just hit the twenties.I do not want…
Angels Along The Way!
The only angels I knew for a long long time were the mythical winged creatures with a halo. Then one fine day an Inner Wheel friend of mine from Goa asked me if I would be interested in inviting archangels Rafael, Uriel, Gabriel and Michael into my home. Now this was new to me and…
The Poem That Got Me My Job.
“Miracles are not about prophets walking on water, miracles are not calling for pestilence or bringing the dead alive. Miracle is meeting people who believe in you, if you believe in yourself.” Boman Irani at Josh Talks, SRCC Delhi. I had seen this video of Boman Irani on YouTube a few years ago. It is…
The Green In My Garden
“I love the thrill of chlorophyll when hiking through evergreen. Nature shows off its bouquet. between shades of lovely green.” Plants and I share a special bond since childhood. I remember following my grandfather religiously to pick flowers for Pooja and then my grandmother to the Tulsi Vrindavan to water it every day. Then there…
The Box
I’m not a great story teller. I can’t weave stories the way some people do, effortlessly. But yeah, I dream stories. Whatever few stories I’ve written happened in my dreams. ‘The Box’ is a personal favourite, perhaps because it was the first story that I wrote. Little Myra was the first one to see it…
Soans Rezones 