Welcome to another edition of Sunday Brunch! If I were to look for a common thread to the things I read last week, it would be pain. Pain is not a word- or an emotion- we are comfortable with. There is an indefinable ugliness inherent in it; it degrades your human experience and robs you […]
Non- Fiction
It Could Have Been Me
I had been married three years on that sultry June afternoon. Delhi and I had come to the conclusion that we couldn’t get along. We parted ways with equal determination on both sides. We still cordially loath each other, which is very fine with me. I relocated to my hometown while my ex was still […]
Sunday Brunch (#3)
The theme this week seems to be: Be Yourself. There seems a kind of pattern in the reading I come across every week. There seems to be a common thread running through all my reading fare. I am surprised at the discovery. At the same time I am surprised at my surprise. What else did […]
A Compliment Or Two
I’ve noticed something very perplexing. When I compliment people, they think I am saying nice things just to make them feel good—by massaging their ego. In the first place, if you know me at all, you’d know that I hate—yes hate—the word nice. I don’t do nice. I feel like throwing it in boiling oil […]
Sunday Brunch (#2)
This week’s brunch will begin with a wound. It is best to eat the bitter dishes first so that the rest of the meal can be enjoyed in peace. This post is almost as if the universe were telling me, “Watch, notice. This is what happens when the spirit is wounded. This is the effect, […]
When You Grow Up
Many years ago I went to meet the head of a society which runs many educational institutions in my city. I duly arrived at her office where I was told by her secretary that the lady would not be coming to office that day. Loath to have an unproductive day, I asked the secretary where […]
Do Without Doing
The results you are getting in your life are directly in proportion to the effort you apply. The thought demonstrates the law of cause and effect; it is vouchsafed by the third law of motion. This is what you and I have always believed. Results are produced by action. Action is defined as a doing […]
Sirens Spell Danger- Book Review
The book is an anthology of three thrillers written by C. Suresh , Radha Sawana and Karthik L. Fast paced, with intrigue and mayhem at every step, the stories don’t let you put the book down. The first story, Femme Fatale by C. Suresh, is a saga in which a series of inevitable events lead […]
Sunday Brunch
This post is a compilation of the best online reads I found during the week. These thought have made an impact on me, have moved me a few miniscule measures closer to becoming the person I am meant to be. The post also gives links to my own posts written during the week, if you’ve […]
Happiness On Command
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHv6vTKD6lg&w=560&h=315] People let you down. They misunderstand, underestimate and hurt you with their low opinion. They ought to know you better, but don’t. They ought to see your capabilities but don’t. With their thoughtless words and insensitive reactions they show clearly that to them you are worth very little. Without intending to, they compel you […]