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
I want to talk about two recent sad deaths. One of George Floyd and the other Sushant Singh Rajput (who was incidentally my neighbor for a couple of months). Let me first begin with a childhood story about one of my neighbors, that I recollected after I saw Indians posting vehemently on Social Media with … Continue reading How the death of Sushant Singh and George Floyd exposed the Hypocrisy of Indians #MondayMusings
Let me keep this wordless for this time. Linking this to #wordlesswednesday hosted by Esha and Natasha and also ThursdayTreeLove hosted by beautiful Parul.
Netflix has a great collection of romantic movies. When we think about 'romantic movies' we mostly think only of movies involving young couples, however, there are few amazing movies about elderly or middle aged couples that can steal your heart. Love is not restricted to any age, in fact love between two people way past … Continue reading 5 Best Romantic Movies on Netflix on ‘Sunset Romance’
Netflix has over 3,500 movies in India. It can get confusing to dig out good movies from the list. We often end up watching the movies from Netflix latest trends and miss out movies that may not feature in the 'trending' section but are nevertheless great movies. Recently, when I posted about few good movies … Continue reading 5 Movies on Netflix with Unique Story Line
Memoir is a type of creative non-fiction. Unlike the autobiography, which focuses on the entire life of the writer, the memoir takes place during a particular period of time. Essentially, it is a slice of life. Thus, memoir in itself is a genre. However, you can write a memoir using the technique of a fiction … Continue reading How to Write a Memoir using different Fiction Genres
In India, especially in metropolitan cities like Mumbai, we do not get to get to see colourful flowers throughout the year. It is the summer months when the city come out in full bloom. This is due to Lockdwon, there is less pollution and probably that it making the plants bloom even better. I clicked … Continue reading Summer Flowers in Mumbai
I often wonder, why do I blog memoirs? Is anyone interested in reading my memoirs? I am not a celebrity, then why would anyone be willing to read my memoirs? However, when I look at my blog, I do realize that there are indeed readers who love to read my memoirs. In between, when I … Continue reading 8 Tips to Help you Write a Great and Engaging Memoir
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
