For a reason, for a season
Have you ever wondered why some people (both the two legged and the four legged) come into your life, and just when you get really attached to them, they leave?…
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Poems in March
Today I read the list of prompts on the thefrangipanicreative.com. I was struck by the coincidence of two things. One, it’s Women’s Day on the 8th of March and two,…
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Book Review: The Blue Bar by Damyanti Biswas
The Blue Bar by Damyanti Biwas I started my reading for 2023 by reading “The Blue Bar” by Damyanti Biswas. This is the second novel by the author. I had…
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Looking back, looking ahead.
The end of the year is both a time for reflection and for making new plans. Last year, my word of the year was order and that was what I…
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The Gift Of Reading – a must have for every parent!
Have you as a parent wring your hands in despair at the thought of getting your child to read? Help is here in my latest book, “The Gift of Reading”. When…
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On the 15th of August when the country was celebrating moving forward into the 75th year of Independence, the Supreme Court took a huge plunge backwards. The news that spread…
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On The Deathbed by Karthik K.B. Rao
The Blurb: On May 13th, 2021, during the peak of the second COVID-19 wave in India, the world as I knew it had suddenly turned upside down. For the next…
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Happy New Year India!
I make New Year resolutions every year. This year I decided to make a New Year’s resolution today, because isn’t today the new year for our country? “So what resolution…
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Going Back To My Word of the Year.
This blog post was written in January but for some reason was never posted. Now that half the year is over, I decided to revisit my word of the year…
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Give it to her, she’s younger.
Those words, “Give it to her, she’s younger!” resounded in my brain, taking me down memory lane. I had heard those words so often in my childhood.
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Secrets!
“Hey, Ma! I’m here. Where are you?” Raina called out as she let herself into the house. “ In here, in the living room.” her mother replied. Raina walked into…
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Why I Write Poems
Happy World Poetry Day! I can’t remember when I fell in love with poetry. Maybe it was as a baby, when Mummy read to me out of that fascinating book…
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