of making and breaking resolutions

I love making resolutions as much as I hate breaking them. And my problem is, that I still love making them. I make as many resolutions as I can think of, so that, at the end of the year, I have at least a single unbroken promise to cherish. But three-hundred-and-sixty-five days isn’t a short [...]

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my side of the story

With absolutely no surprise, the three days flew and felt like just a moment. And though we did manage to do quite a bit in that single moment, I will still complain of how the three days were just too short.
Now that I had heartily made that list of ‘to-do’s for ourselves, I shall reply [...]

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looking forward to

exploring and experimenting the japanese cuisine 
 
watching 2012 (without believing that the world will end)
 
devouring a tub of caramel popcorn (without sharing with neighbor)
  
picking and reading random books at Crossword (and resisting buying  any)
 
painting at the pottery store (among other kids)
 
feasting on kebabs and rum and coke in the night (and not crying when high)
 
buying and feeding biscuits [...]

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weekend drama

The last weekend was an eventful one. I wished for running a 5K and ended up participating in the Nike Plus Human Race that was a good 10K! Now you either need to be physically fit enough to actually run the 10K or mentally retarded to participate without your body’s consent. I belong to the [...]

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Dream some more

I wrote this on Saturday morning last week. While I was packing those kids their diwali gifts. I am no poet. No writer even. But like always, I try it with all my heart. Its childish, perhaps. The words are simple and the sense simpler. There is no punctuation, its one single flow of thought penned [...]

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glimpses of my diwali

Festival preparations:
You know how it all starts.

  You paint one.

then two.
and then too many.

Painting is addictive.

At the end of it, you love what you have done.
        
On Diwali day: 
There were colors,

and smiles.
there were gifts,
and designs.
A few light fireworks,
for young and the old,
and there were lights
big and small.

Even if you are away from home, Diwali cannot be spent alone. [...]

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