Green Marble, Blue Marble

Green Marble, Blue Marble

“What’s your name,” Coraline asked the cat. “Look, I’m Coraline. Okay?” “Cats don’t have names,” it said. “No?” said Coraline. “No,” said the cat. “Now you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. We know who we are, so we don’t need names.” ― Coraline by Neil Gaiman I wait while […]

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When We Connect…

When We Connect…

From a very young age, I was terrified of dogs. This continued till I was in my mid- thirties. It would annoy my husband when refused to walk further if a dog was spotted at the end of the street. One day I noticed my neighbour struggling to feed her new dog.  I discovered that […]

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Virtual Is Not Real

Virtual Is Not Real

These days social media or messaging services are often used as a method of  sharing an invitation or for conveying greetings (birthday/marriage/first child et etc). We know so many people now that sending a personal invite to each one is not feasible. The world is fast paced and there just isn’t enough time.Not ignoring the fact […]

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So Long..Supi

So Long..Supi

  During my school days my father would never get the names of my friends correct.  And this was especially so whenever Sriparna and Suparna were mentioned in conversations. “Kaun? woh gori wali?” (Who, that fair one?) he would ask trying to distinguish one from the other based on their skin tones. In reply I […]

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For Him…

For Him…

To Love. To  lose. And  to never love again is a sickening feeling. She had trusted herself, built a wall around her  nobody would penetrate, yet it had happened. Probably one sided as she did not know his feelings for her. He said he loved her ….as a friend.  An afterthought she would have never […]

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