Promises Made to Self

    I have always been reluctant to make promises. I don’t like to see myself in a situation where I’ve fallen short of my commitment. When I was in banking operations, we were advised that there were two approaches to dealing with customers: over-promise and under-deliver, or under-promise and over-deliver. The former leads to … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 15 Poem: I Love My Life

ALS NaPoWriMo Prompt Day 15:   Let’s focus our thoughts on random things today. Write a poem using as many words as you can from the list of these words – stone, water, candle, shoes, birds, jewelry, song, flowers, tea, sunshine. It could be a thought-provoking poem or a humorous one, or simply a light-hearted … Read more

NaPoWriMo Day 3 Poem: My Window of Liberation

The prompt at ALS for Day 3 is as below: The World Outside My Window Everyone sees the world differently. When we are happy, the world outside appears full of glee, but when we are trapped in sadness or pain, we perceive the outside world as unjust, uncertain or even unsafe. Today, write a poem … Read more

I feel alive, everyday: NaPoWriMo Day 30

NaPoWriMo Day 30: Yay! I did it again, fourth year in a row 🙂 Today is the last day of NaPoWriMo 2020 and I’m super excited that I completed it successfully, following all prompts to the ‘T’. It was quite challenging this time, with everyone at home due to lockdown but I’m glad that I … Read more

Regression: NaPoWriMo Day 3

NaPoWriMo Day 3: Today’s prompt (optional, as always) asks you to make use of our resource for the day. First, make a list of ten words. You can generate this list however you’d like – pull a book  off the shelf and find ten words you like, name ten things you can see from where … Read more

Is being a woman detrimental for my promotion?

  Nisha looked at the watch as she flipped through the papers while her fingers danced on the keyboard as fast as they could.   “Hey Nisha, Hitesh wants to see you,” informed Mitali.   “Oh! Ok,” exclaimed Nisha with a quick glance again at her watch.   She saved her file and paced towards … Read more

Rising above fears

Self-doubt! We’ve all felt it, haven’t we? At some or the other point in our life or rather, even while making weighing simple alternatives in our daily lives, we often find ourselves struggling to find answers to questions fostered by our fears. But are these questions really worth our time? Do we truly need to … Read more

Power of thoughts

I’ve always maintained that we are a product of our thoughts. Whatever we think, we become. Our thoughts are only as powerful as we want them to be! Take for instance, a scenario where someone hurt you by his/ her words. Now you can either choose to spoil your entire day or a couple of … Read more