This really happened.
This past Friday, I drove myself to work. It is a rarity considering K and I work at the same place and he almost always drives the car. The day went past and it was time for me to leave. Remembering to check with K on directions to another place I wanted to […]
Rushing to have my bath this morning I realized the salwar I wanted to wear to work was crumpled and the dupatta beyond redemption. Torn between having to iron the dress and deciding on the ever convenient jean I stopped for a moment to understand what I wanted to do.
A moment later, I dragged the […]
As I go about my regular weekday ritual of waking early to cook in the morning, I realize how much on auto-pilot I am on. As I light the lamps or power the music player on to play melodious music it occurs to me that no one really asked me or told me to do […]
Most mornings as I have my pot of tea simmering on the stove, I have my laptop up on my kitchen island and bring up Google Reader to catch up on all those night owls who have been posting while I have been gloriously asleep. As I skim through the new entries and mark some […]
Dictionary.com defines inexorable as unbending; severe, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, merciless, cruel, pitiless.
Around where I live there are plenty of steep winding country roads. Much like roller coasters. One such road is the one connecting my home with my brother’s. Each time we drive back home there is this stretch where there is the feeling of […]
Passing by the kitchen at work used to be an ordeal for me a few weeks back when I was a newbie suffering withdrawal symptoms from giving up kaapi. It struck me pleasantly as I passed it today that it did not affect me as much. Standing by the coffeemaker to fill my tall glass […]
I ambled down the stairs awake but not quite alert and paused for a brief moment before my ’swami ull’ or praying space. I light a pair of oil lamps daily first thing after I am done brushing my teeth and before I treat myself to a steaming cup of tea. Today I felt lazy. […]
This is exactly how I woke my little sister up today morning. Far from the usual grudging and sleepy response, I think I shocked her into getting up. A few minutes later she called back and wanted to know if I was always this bubbly in the morning. She said it was shocking!
I am not […]
I cannot deal with silence.
Whether it is my mom sitting mulling something in the back seat of our car or K going about his marathon vegetable cutting exercise lost in his thoughts, I need to know what is going on in there.
“What are you thinking?” I ask. Sometimes the answer would be “Nothing.” Sometimes I […]
A nagging throbbing headache has been plaguing me for over 3 days now. I feel hung over, listless and ready to sleep at any time. I wake up to a Monday morning that seems as dreary as dreary can be. Irritable, grumpy faced I head to work only to find a pile of work that […]
