This year I participated in the blogging event wherein Write Tribe invited us to take part in the 100 Voices for Suicide Prevention campaign. Micro poetry for the National Suicide Prevention Week Yes we do get hurt The trick is…
100 Voices for Suicide Prevention
September 10, 2014 is World Suicide Prevention Day co-sponsored by the World Health Organization and the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) 100 Voices for Suicide Prevention Every 40 seconds the world loses someone to suicide. This grim statistic is…
Sunflowers for Tina
This post is in memory of Tina Downey who passed away on August 23rd 2014. She was one of the co-hosts of the A to Z April Challenge 2014 (I participated in this challenge too). Tina loved Sunflowers and we…
Book Review – The Angel’s Share
BOOK REVIEW Title: The Angel’s Share Author: Satyajit Sarna Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN No: 9350293331, 9789350293331, 978-9350293331 Price: INR 250/- (Paperback) Book Blurb: Zorawar Chauhan lives two lives. In one, he has the big money corporate law job he used to dream…
Book Review – Private India
Book Details Title : Private India Author : Ashwin Sanghi & James Patterson Publishers : Arrow Books Genre : Fiction ( Crime Thriller) ISBN: 978-0-099-58639-5 Number of Pages: 470 About the book In Mumbai, seemingly unconnected people are dying,…
Memories of Us.
Precious memories of Us. I glimpse all around Bits I stole from time When we met, you and I. I thought you, didn’t see me Mentally filing away little snatches Of our conversations Did not notice Me picking up…
Book Review- Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras
BOOK REVIEW- Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras By Maitreyee B Chowdhury Editor: Surojit Mohan Gupta Genre: Poetry Sub-genre: Lyrical Poetry Back Cover Blurb Where Even the Present is Ancient: Benaras is a book that seeks to tell the…
Healthy Salad Recipe
I didn’t know cooking when I got married 26 years ago in 1988, but I have managed to learn how to make the simpler dishes. The ones that need minimum or no cooking time are my absolute favorites 🙂 Today…
RIP Robin Williams
To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die. ~Thomas Campbell A great actor and comedian, Robin Williams is no more with us, to make us smile, laugh and sometimes cry with his sensitive performance. He has left…
On My Bookshelf
Have you heard of the book-spine-poetry? I had written a book-spine poem during the A to Z Challenge. Today I am going to post something different with the new books on my shelf. I call this the books-fan (the books…
Rakshabandhan
On Rakshabandhan day the sister ties a rakhi (sacred thread) on her brother’s wrist and prays for his safety and long life, the brother in turn vows to protect her always. I used to love this festival when I was…