Are you taking care of your emotional health in times of lockdown?

  Eighty messages!   I had left the phone unattended for only about an hour and it was loaded with messages.   By this time, I was too tired to even open the app to check the sender’s names, so reading messages was out of question. Nor did I intend to fill my mind again … Read more

It’s neither a man’s nor a woman’s world…

I participated in a #6BlogsIn6Days challenge focusing on #EachForEqual. The challenge had me thinking on gender discrimination and women empowerment like never before.   It’s a theme that’s a part of our daily existence, day in and day out, in every walk of life.   I sat down thinking about areas where I felt there … Read more

Haibun: Riveting Nature

The grandeur of nature is beyond imagination and words, inspiring creativity since ages. When three mystical forces of nature- Sun, clouds and mountains, create coherence, their beauty appears magical and enthralling. As the varied hues of amber sprinkled by Sun coalesce with the duvet of blue skies, they create a halo affect on the colossal … Read more

A Soliloquy- Am I alright?

Frank Hubeny has given the prompt at dVerse to write a soliloquy. He says: Write a poem where you talk to yourself weighing different alternatives or where you try to find an explanation for something that doesn’t make sense or where you simply express how you feel about something. You are saying this mainly to … Read more

Reflections 2019

Every passing day teaches us something new. 2019 was quite an eventful year for me! A lot happened on personal and professional front leading to tremendous learning and growth as a person. I made a lot of new friends/ acquaintances; lost touch with a few on the way (for reasons known or unknown, within or … 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

Walk Alone

In a world of social media, where we have plethora of ‘friends’; where we post about our prosperous times day in and day out; where we share our smiling pictures while carefully deleting the natural, candid ones, there are times when we realize that no matter what the circumstances, no matter how many people we … Read more

An open letter

An open letter to everyone who has touched my life in any manner.   To all those people who tried to decimate my spirits To all those who criticized me for my actions To all those who preferred to outline my faults To all those who deliberately decided to not show any support To all … Read more