I have perennially hated cooking. Those who are my regular readers know that once I also wrote a post titled I hate cooking. However, in this lockdown period the only thing that is keeping me sane is cooking. And, if I go by my social media timeline then many more people have found solace in … Continue reading How Cooking is helping us Cope with the Lockdown
Let me keep this wordless for this time. Linking this to #wordlesswednesday hosted by Esha and Natasha and also ThursdayTreeLove hosted by beautiful Parul.
Today, early in the morning, my cousin brother sent me this picture. This is the picture of our ancestral home in the suburbs of Kolkata. This one image depicts the damage and devastation my home state West Bengal went through in one evening due to cyclone Amphan. It was hard to recognise my own home, … Continue reading Story of an Uprooted Mango Tree during Cyclone Amphan #prayforbengal
The guy was handsome!!! Let me put it this way, he was not the average Hindi serial type handsome. He was Hollywood films type handsome. His chiseled jaw could give Brad Pitt a run for his money. And his demeanor resembled Justin Trudeau. He was as suave as George Clooney. I hope by now you … Continue reading Shampoo Bottle- #ShortStory
"I don't like red roses," she replied with a smirk. Anish felt like an idiot with a bouquet of roses in his hands and a ring in his pocket while the woman he intended to propose was half-twirling with her left toe raised and heel firmly digging the ground. The smirk and amusement was still … Continue reading Red Roses for Proposal #ShortStory
The lockdown may seem like a depressing time and you may feel there is nothing to be grateful for. However, trying times are our best teachers and we have a lot to learn from these times. Firstly, we should be grateful that we are alive while millions have died all over the world. Secondly, we … Continue reading 5 Things to be Grateful for during Lockdown #GratitudeCircle
In the first week of March, I started writing my posts for #A-Z Challenge 2020. My theme was "Love Stories". I wrote the posts but when I revealed the theme of A-Z Challenge it was different. It was no more 'love stories'. I decided to write about my feelings during the #coronavirus lockdown. It helped … Continue reading Z is Zen #A-ZChallenge2020
When I feel like a confident and 'situation-under-control' Mom, I just need to read messages on one of the Mommy groups on Whatsapp. Immediately, my confidence shatters like a house of cards. There are precisely two places on Earth that can shatter my confidence as a woman. The first one is a beauty parlor and … Continue reading ‘(Y)ou are a Bad Mom’- Says the Whatsapp Mommies #A-ZChallenge2020
Covid19 has aggravated Xenophobia especially Sinophobia all over the world. For obvious reasons the Chinese are the worst affected. The conspiracy theories that are doing the rounds point fingers towards the Communist regime of China. As a result many common Chinese people are getting targeted. However, in many cases many non-Chinese mongoloid people are becoming … Continue reading Xenophobia during Coronavirus Pandemic #A-ZChallenge2020
