I have nothing to write today. Actually, it has been days since I have written anything. I mean anything that means something. I mean, that which really means something to me, first of all. Yes I have written a few things on the net here and there, a comment on someone’s blog… Continue reading And So I Wait…
This is the 300th post for this blog. No celebratory or self-congratulatory words, no ‘looking back’ type of thing, no chalking out of something new for the next hundred. Only a reminder to un-do some things. Things that I carry within, things that become unwanted veils inside giving me a murky reflection of my many selves. Things that end up becoming burdens,… Continue reading Undo
I almost missed my blog’s birthday. It was quite late in the evening that I remembered that my blog completed three years yesterday. Not only that, I remembered this morning that earlier this month Matriwords our research blog also had its first birthday. How to mark this special occasion of two birthdays in a month? Well, simply by… Continue reading Did I miss a birthday?
As a general rule, I don’t do rants, vents, day-to-day mundane, routine stuff. Not on this blog, nor on my other blog. Just my preference. But once in a while I do a few reflections on my writing practice, some personal observations on blogging, blog anniversary posts, or other updates of blog related news. The last behind-the-blog news update I did… Continue reading Behind the Blog News
A warm welcome to all our readers and visitors! We are pleased to open up our blog’s new home to you all. We hope you will stay a while and stroll through this space to see all that it has to offer. Our earlier home, which served us well for more than two years is still available for anyone to browse… Continue reading Welcome to Our New Home
The Divine Teacher Today on the auspicious day of Gita Jayanti, I got an important lesson in detachment. For more than two years now I have been writing this blog. After almost a year of writing, I discovered that I was beginning to get a small but almost-regular set of readers, many of whom would… Continue reading A Blog Update and a Lesson in Detachment
She definitely has a way with words. Regular readers of Dagny know what an inspiring and inspired writer she is. But there is also another side to the nature of her inspiration which I have recently experienced. Her words have the ability to quieten me down, making me ready to discover that deep and calm… Continue reading Flowers, Home, Saris and More
Baisakhi, April 14, 2013 was when it started. On this day that marks the beginning of the New Year in the traditional Hindu Solar Calendar, celebrated under different names in different parts of India, this blog took its form with a simple beginning. Two years, 240 posts later, I am still figuring out, sometimes struggling with, how… Continue reading Being Two, and in Other News
To see readers’ comments, click HERE for the blog’s previous version. It is always a humbling and learning experience when we are asked to talk about ourselves and our work. Last couple of weeks saw me answering some interesting questions about myself, my book, some pesky issues related to Indian Education, my writing and some… Continue reading BLEW: On Blogging, Learning, Education & Writing (and a bit about NRIs & ex-NRIs too)
The other day some random questions came to me. To start with, why does Facebook call it “Update Status”? What is a Status? What is an Update? And of course, what does it really mean when one ‘updates’ one’s ‘status’? Not on Facebook, I mean. But in the real world. This needs some serious pondering.… Continue reading My Update and I
I met her (virtually) in April during the month-long A-Z blog challenge, and we connected well because of our common interest, India and her culture! Eli is a wonderful blogger who has made Mumbai her home for the last few years and is happily enjoying the rains, traffic, and all the sumptuous street food the… Continue reading The Story Behind the Image on the Blog Header
So many observations. So many thoughts clouding the mind, so much churning in this thing we commonly speak of as heart. About life and its pressures, aging and mortality, family, relationships and their impermanence. About expectations and frustrations, silences and unspoken words, words and why we need them, or not. About love that is human… Continue reading A Personal Kind of Post, and With Gratitude
Beauty Interprets, Expresses, Manifests the Eternal 