My fickle friend

There are few things which match the exhilaration of getting to live through something you had only imagined…like a favorite song or something an author wrote in a dearly loved book .You know, the “aha” moment when you see what exactly the author/poet/lyricist meant. Half the joy is of course in being proven wrong ‘coz [...]

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Tagged again

Parijata has tagged me to write to list five posts of mine on the following subjects:
Family
Friends
Myself
My love
Anything I like.
After apologizing for my late response I would also like to thank her for tagging me. This has been my favorite tag so far not to say the toughest.
I got to go back and read some of [...]

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excuse me

It’s been a crazy month. Working late nights and weekends, drifting back to sleep while brushing my teeth,eating breakfasts while hopping into my jeans…threatening a sleepy Saif of dire consequences if he doesn’t get me to Bart station on time, having processed food for lunch…finding no time to pursue any hobbies , calling my [...]

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With a perspective…

I am like Marianne in “Sense and Sensibility”. I sometimes unfairly think that people who don’t appreciate things as intensely as I do…shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy it at all!!!
So I find it hard to share books, music/movie CDs and anything wonderful I happen to come across. So to make amends…I am writing this post. [...]

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kaapi aaytha?

“tap..taptap..tap!!”
“Oh! please…God, why are you doing this thing to me?!?”
“tap..tap..tap!”
 
I get off the bed muttering obscenities and look outside the window. There he was trying to bend the branch of nandabattlu down so that he could pluck flowers.
Since the nandabattlu shrub was just next to my room window..I was inevitably woken up everyday morning!
 
I don’t [...]

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The American Life

A couple in their 50s is climbing the hill with a dog which looks sickly. In the steepest part of the hill…the sickly dog decides to prove that it has a sense of humor too. So it goes on to the side of the recreational route and poops on the brown wood chips.
Now the wood [...]

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Another day in paradise…

There is nothing like a sea-side breeze to make your belly rumble. It was a sunny Saturday; Saif and I were driving on the highway Cabrillo, alongside the coastline. We stopped and rambled at three beaches and passed by a dozen more. The view was breath taking with green pastures on one side and the [...]

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A putz…

 I stumble across the laptop cable and Saif goes “You are the real Bridget Jones!!!”
 
I skid on the kitchen floor and empty all the dry fruits on Saif’s lap and he goes “you are the real Bridget Jones!”
 
I open the car door stylishly and hit the door against a sports car! Saif is banging his [...]

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When Imagination intrudes on Reality..

The cup was exquisite; small with beautiful gold and brown patterns at the rim. The saucer had the same designs on it edges.
 
The cup was full with dark choclateey brown thick liquid. A small whisk of smoke was slowly uncurling itself…like a dame waking up from slumber…I look at it-suspicious and excited all at once.
 
The [...]

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tip tip barsa paani….

The radio woman says its gonna rain today.I look outside the kitchen window and see puffy clouds covering the mountain top (We have a beautiful view of mountains from our kitchen).There is a strong wind and I see trees swaying-There is something about rains which appeals to me.I love the smell of the cool breeze just [...]

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A passing thought..

Ladies room,Bangalore International Airport.
My nose is running and my eyes are watering.No! I was not cutting onions in the airport ladies room.I was just feeling emotional about leaving my family behind to join my husband in the US.I look at the mirror to see a girl with disheveled hair and red watery eyes.As I reach for [...]

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a loved one’s echo

A song I once heard painted this story for me…People who read it think its a sad story..but for me..its a story about love and hope-
It’s autumn….with the winter just ahead. Its windy…and the wind-maiden on her way… gently teases the russet colored leaves and they giggle and dance as if tickled. You see a [...]

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