This is not my regular Thanksgiving post, giving thanks for all my blessings, blah, blah, blah. The brainwave for this post came about when I was washing dishes - anyone who knows me knows how much I hate doing dishes. As I sunk my fingers into the dishwashing detergent (because the dish rag was dirty), … Continue reading Thankful for the Weirdest Things
Hunger for Approval
I caught myself the other day counting the number of likes on my Facebook page and it looked like I just needed five more likes to hit 100. It was a big thing and I wanted to make a big deal out of it. So I went about looking for images of the like button … Continue reading Hunger for Approval
The Pull of Power Places – Trip to Arunachala
When I was a kid I recall reading about sacred places around the world where miraculous healing occurred and which drew multitudes of people to it. But it was in my early twenties that I actually visited one such power place with spiritual vibes so palpable that the air feels different. It wasn’t very … Continue reading The Pull of Power Places – Trip to Arunachala
Shining Your Light
This blog post was supposed to be "Challenges in Chennai" thanks to my friend S. Another friend H who looked back at her blog posts from several years ago urged me to do the same. I looked at all the pieces I wrote after arriving in Chennai - one miserable piece after the next. Where … Continue reading Shining Your Light
The Energy of Allowing
On my 30th birthday, my husband gifted me Eckhart Tolle's book, "A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life Purpose". This book joined the select list of books that 'changed my life'. It is not a book you can skim through, with so many complex ideas and concepts that delve deep into the human psyche. … Continue reading The Energy of Allowing
Revisiting a Scary Place
Can't drive, don't have a job and hanging on to the last shred of sanity. That pretty much describes my situation today. And I've been there before - in some other place, at some other time in my life. And it is a scary place to be. What's even scarier is the belief that you … Continue reading Revisiting a Scary Place
The Escape Artist
Avoid. Delay. Procrastinate. Distract. Quit. Run. This is what I do when things don't go my way. It's always easier than confronting the problems. Or so I thought till I learned it the hard way. I ran away to Pondicherry to do my M.S. thinking that my problems would stay behind in Chennai. But they … Continue reading The Escape Artist
Who Stole my Childhood?
Running carefree with naked feet, Reaching for mangoes up in the trees, Endless summer days of fun, Spent in the lap of the sun. Hours spent in glee with friends both imaginary and real, Board games, hopscotch, badminton and dolls, Trips to the beach on moonlit nights, And ice cream treats to beat the heat. … Continue reading Who Stole my Childhood?
Slow Down, Chennai!
Almost a month has passed since I moved back to Chennai. It hardly feels like the city I grew up in. Madras as I knew it was a laid back metro, unimpressed by the hustle and bustle and night life of Mumbai and other cities. The city went to sleep at 10.00 p.m. like all its … Continue reading Slow Down, Chennai!
Lunch Dabba Debacle
No this is not yet another ode to Maggi noodles, so you can stop groaning. Maggi was in my black list for a while now after I heard about the wax coating on the noodles and that it is difficult to digest. Anyhow over the past several years I have been slowly weaning my family from processed … Continue reading Lunch Dabba Debacle
Punctuate Life 