10 Steps to Enjoying a Lazy Weekend
So, it’s a Friday evening and, you have absolutely nothing planned out for the weekend! The Saturday and Sunday that follow witness dark, thundering clouds looming in the sky for the most part of the day. You have your place to yourself. And your To-Do List seems pretty empty at the moment (Oh, there is … Continue reading
If My Life Is For Rent (Filler Piece)
I am writing this in to inform my readers (I hope I am not talking to myself, here) that, I have resolved to get out of this state of Writer’s Block that I have been stuck in for the better part of the last two months. For those of you who were enjoying the silence, … Continue reading
4 Years A Slave!
I would have gone for the number 12, but I hear that’s already been taken up by an Academy Award winning movie, and I have only just finished 4 years in a Law School. So, I shall stick to the number 4. Four Years. Sometimes, I say that aloud to fully comprehend the fact that … Continue reading
The 29th State!
That’s settled then. We will no longer have Andhra Pradesh, but Telangana and Seemandhra! Before I go on any further, let me warn you that this is not a political piece about the rightness or wrongness of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh[1], but a truly emotional piece by a twenty-something female who grew up in … Continue reading
What the Congress Should Have Promised Its Voters!
The 2014 Elections are now a thing of the past. Still, when I look back at the last year or so, I can’t help but think of the news headlines that ran every day; about another one of the attacks that the Congress or the BJP had hurled at each other. Am I getting too … Continue reading
The Woman In Me (Needs The Man In You)!
So, if I have a reply to the person who claims that All Men Are Not Assholes, it is this; maybe all men are not assholes, and if what you say is indeed true, then I am glad that you decided to inform us that non-assholes do inhabit this planet. However, by and large, I … Continue reading
An Education in Law…
There are some things in Life that you never truly stop dreaming about. In my case, it has been about my dream college… Sometime between my secondary school education and my junior college, I decided that I wanted to go to the London School of Economics and Political Sciences one day. For many reasons, or … Continue reading
The Romance in Letter Writing!
When I was reading through this article on Youth ki Awaaz, I couldn’t help but feel a little insulted. Here I was, having just finished another long letter to a friend of mine, and people seem to be romanticizing the idea more than looking at the romance in it! Liang Le and I decided … Continue reading
100 Bestseller Titles – Part 1
This is the 50th post on this blog (I know! I am being reminded of time’s capability to fly in more than one way lately!) and I really want to give you – my faithful readers – a REALLY good read (if not the laugh that I really intend!). In recent times, we have witnessed … Continue reading
In Sickness and in Health
When I first considered writing about my Platinum Day of Love, I was sure this would be something akin to the time I participated in a Love Letter Writing Competition; me audaciously venturing into a field that I have absolutely no idea about! I mean, what do I know about love that has not already been … Continue reading