A potentially fascinating last day but becomes a really long day! Dystopia seems to have become the new hot genre, like Fantasy was between the 1990s and late 2000s . And while one can argue that dystopia is possibly a subset of fantasy, the plethora of books predicting a future…

Famous Five and Secret Seven with octogenarians I was about 8 years old when I read my first Secret Seven book and about 10 when I read my first Famous Five book. Ever since then, I have wanted to have this clique of friends with whom I can solve mysteries…

Eating Your Feelings in Poetry — I feel glum today, Probably because life has no meaning. What can I do to cheer me up? Oh, I know! Let’s order that burger with cheese! It’ll bring me some peace and lots of fries. Food has been my best friend It’s with me when I am down Or…

The bestseller by Spencer Johnson came out in 1998. Nearly 22 years later, in the midst pandemic bringing everlasting change, the lessons from that book are truer than ever. Who Moved My Cheese? is one of my all time favourite books. It’s a story within a story. The basic setting…

With anxiety at an all time high and the urge to get lots done, why not reset? — With everything that’s going on in these times and some added free time in our hands, one might think that there’s no time like now to sit down and get productive. However it’s tough to buckle down and finally work on that side project, or that book or even that…

It’s a practice I may not do everyday, but it was an off beat way to open myself up to other practices and techniques for a more mindful life. — I’m one of those people who has tried meditation several times. I’ve managed consistency in some attempts but ultimately I’ve quit the practice (My longest streak has been 5 days!). However, mindfulness is something I need. In a fast-paced, buzzing life with a tendency to be anxious about the future…

Because in good times, one rarely prepares for the worst. In good times, I’ve indulged more than necessary and now I realise my folly. — I was never really prepared for something like this. A pandemic or any other tragedy of such scale. Unfortunately it hits me and I’ll never the same. That for me has been the biggest lesson from this pandemic. I’ve been so occupied with living my ‘normal’ life that I rarely…

Words like ‘Power through’ and ‘You can do it’, lose meaning on such days. And there are plenty of such days. — I’ll be honest. Ever since I have started trying to work towards my dream of becoming a writer, I have had several days where I have had to remind myself that I can do this. …