Lockdown Week 9
Feelings in lockdown..
Why does It hurt?
I remember it as a bright sunny day, setting up a bird feeder in our backyard, I hit my knuckles with the hammer. It hurt like crazy. Whenever my knuckles get hurt, the pain is usually more than what it should be. “Mom, why does it hurt?”, I asked my Mom who was as usual […]
Two sides of Coin
It’s been an unusual cold winter morning. I woke up late, tiffin guy delivered my breakfast late, traffic has been chaotic, my colleague is also late for rounds. God knows how Dr. Dewan is going to react. Morning ward rounds start at 7, a routine for Dr. Dewan for the past 20 years. I ran […]
Me time vs Us time
Sitting and chatting over the masala tea, enjoying the rain and my favorite fritters, I had the best company to spend my evening, my Mom. I called before visiting her, asking her to make my favorite fritters. “Mom”, I asked casually, “how did you manage your Me time?” “What’s that?”, she said. “You and your […]
Tiny new life
I am a tiny little seedWaiting for rain to drench meSoak me to the coreI shall sprout into a tiny sapling soon. Whirl with the wind around meKiss the ground, touch the skyThe energy in me beaming to explodeA tiny little seed waiting to explore. Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/Vct0oBHNmv4 , https://unsplash.com/photos/ruQHpukrN7c
Ice, I am!
Thawing by the day, freezing by the night,I am a little thin sheet of Ice.Shining like a glass when sun kisses me,Glowing bright white underneath the moon.Have fun with me on the rink,Your frozen lashes won’t even wink. Oh! This tiny air bubble just trapped in me,Looking for a crack to blow through.Wooh! Wooh! Wooh! […]
Hey Fire
When you lit candles on my birthday cake, you felt joyOh yes, how can I forget, when you lit my lamp in the temple, you felt hopeThose cold winter nights, sitting beside the fireplace, you felt warmth and life Those burning sandalwoods, around which I took oath of my marriage, you were a celebration In […]
Movember 2019
The Movember Foundation began in 2003 by Travis Garone and Luke Slattery in Melbourne, https://us.movember.com/about/history An idea to bring back the fashion of mustache evolved into a movement to raise awareness around men’s health, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention in men. From its start as a two-man operation, the nonprofit has […]
Food Memoir
Next to the window of Salad King (http://saladking.com/#top), facing the Yonge StreetShe clicked photo of her foodWas it for Instagram? Or for Facebook post?Or, for her personal journal?Curious, I inquired‘It makes me happy,’ she saidI love to click the food I orderWow! I thought, a beautiful sour sweet memoirOne picture, thousand memoriesMemories of the tangy […]