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Book Review- False Ceilings
Book title: False Ceilings Author: Amit Sharma Genre: Fiction No. of pages: 256 Price: Rs. 295 Publisher: LiFi Publications Book blurb: Born in the lush mountains of Dalhousie in 1930, Shakuntala is a pampered child of a wealthy builder. On her wedding night she is gifted a secret to use wisely when the time comes. From the green valleys of Dalhousie to a village in Punjab reeling under the communal violence of 1947; from the Delhi of 1950s with its intoxicating smell of freedom to the Delhi of 1970s soaked in the hippie culture; from the Delhi of 1984 smelling of burnt tyres to the Delhi of 90s raising its Frankenstein of…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Be The One To Decide Your College!
source The first teachers we encounter in our lives are our parents. They teach us how to speak our first words, walk the first steps, to eat…basically everything about life and living. Soon, we begin to emulate them, in the way we dress, our mannerisms and our behaviour. When we grow up, it feels but natural to follow in our parents’ footsteps and study in the college our mother or father went to. If you feel so, stop! There are more reasons than one to not do so. Reason #1- #ThinkBig! You have far more choices than your parents ever had. Do not limit yourself to one. Explore all options…
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Daughter-in-law: Never the daughter, nowhere like the son-in-law!
Sharing here an article of mine that has gone viral on all social media sites, bringing me applaud and criticism alike. It would be just wrong of me to not share it here. Dear Mom-in-law, Ever since I walked into the door of your house, dressed in a red suit, I have been trying to fit in. I did manage to make the house my home, but I still am lost at my place in the family. Daughter-in-law- that is my identity, but what does it really mean? Am I a daughter of sorts? The name does sound extremely similar, but why doesn’t it feel so? I asked myself this question a…
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Engaging kids in summer- Flintobox is the answer!
Summers are here and schools are going to be off soon for the summer vacations. As always, the question that looms large at this time,in the parents’ minds is- How to keep the kids busy in vacations? No one wants children to remain glued to the idiot box or play games on their mobiles. Older children can still remain occupied with good books to read but it is extremely difficult to engage those below 8 years of age. You can’t even let them go out to play before evenings due to the scorching heat. An indoor game that engages children and also teaches them while playing would be too good…
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A stamp on my passport!
I love to travel and you have often heard me say that. True to the spirit, I got my passport made a decade and a half ago, banking high on the travel bug in me to take me places. The passport expired and I had it renewed last year, yet the pages of the passport lie empty. The white leaflets stare at me and question the reason of their existence and I just nod my head and say, ‘One day!’ You would think financial constraints pull me back, well, they don’t. I am not a millionaire but managing okay. I do have this side sorted out. I would like to…
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Gender stereotypes- Not the legacy I will hand my daughter!
As a child, I had working parents. It was a routine for us to come home and eat rotis prepared by either our dad or mom, depending on who out of both came earlier, for lunch. Growing up in an environment where the lady of the house was working and where the man of the house helped with the household chores too, it just seemed the natural way of life for me, Men and women share responsibilities, right? Gender equality. It is only when I got married that I realised that what happened in our household was a rarity, not the usual state of affairs everywhere. I married into a…
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Memories for life with HDFC
source Memories are moments of the life we have spent and the best of memories are of the moments spent with our loved ones. Memories make those moments eternal and we can close our eyes and relive them again and again. For some, the best ones are of the times spent with friends in crazy,carefree fun; for others, it may be the time of their childhood. For me, the best ones are of motherhood, of the unique journey that I embarked on with my daughter and still continue to do so. Every moment has been special, whether spent in tears, in joy, in craziness or in deep thought. It has…
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Dear husband, can you take the vow?
Nine years have gone by and it still feels like yesterday When the two of us walked the marriage way. Yet today, if I may I want to ask you to wow me again and I will tell you how Just hear me out and say yes,come on, take this vow! When I am running around in the morning, fixing breakfast Prancing a mad dance, between kitchen and kiddo’s room Before you shout out for your missing sock, pray wait! Just hold me tight and tell me everything’s alright. I know not how, but can you take this vow?When my work-life gets taxing and I feel low And managing both fronts…
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Impact of paradigm shift- The rabbit-duck wars!
source Years ago, a man named Kuhn demonstrated the way in which one can can be made to see a thing as something entirely different, due to paradigm shift. History seems to be repeating itself. The impact of this paradigm shift manifests as rabbit-duck wars-the ones who see a rabbit refuse to acknowledge anyone who sees a duck and are willing to resort to any measure to prove the solitary existence of the rabbit! That doesn’t disprove the co-existence of the two animals in the picture but sure does prove that we no longer care about what the others’ perspective- we are too busy defending ours! One one hand, we…
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Do looks really matter?
I vividly remember that when I was in second or third grade, I was parading around in the new skirt that my parents had bought me and even boasted of it in front of my neighbour, a girl who was about ten years elder to me. She gave a meek smile and said,’Wear whatever..there are not many years left. Then you will also be forced to wear salwar kameez.’ I was surprised at her words, for my cousins her age still wore skirts. I belong to a liberal and broad minded family and never faced gender discrimination or judgment at home but the world is not as considerate. When I…
