Blurb Growing up as a strong-headed single child with a privileged upbringing in Calcutta, Devi has learned much from her surroundings. Her childhood memories are filled with mixed emotions – especially as she remains angry with her mother and the hypocrisy of women in India. On an unexpected journey home, she encounters reality –…
Read moreI Have Confidence!
The other day, I was watching the movie, “The Sound of Music”. It is one of my favourite movies and I can watch it over and over again. I love all the songs of course, but one that I particularly relate to is the one Julie Andrews sings when she leaves the convent for the…
Read moreTeaching me to live
Today is teacher’s day and when I think of teachers, what springs to mind is mom holding me with this big book on her lap reading out poems to me. I used to listen, fascinated as I looked at the page, dark blue sky, silver moon, birds flying home, a pony kicking up his heels…
Read moreNaPoWriMo Day 12 -It’s time for the Phoenix to die
It’s time for the phoenix to die It’s time for the phoenix to die, And rise from the ashes of the past; Where the tears mix with flames; Flames to destroy; Tears to heal. The phoenix has to die. And in the dying so much has to be destroyed. Old thoughts, old feelings, Old…
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