The definition of comfort food is any food that provides consolation or feeling of well being. Ask any person from the sub continent and majority will name some sort of curry with rice as their comfort food. Mine is Arhar dal(pigeon peas) and steamed rice! It was one of the staple meals in our house,…
30 days of Blogging
Day 9 – My views on Religion
Now I know this is a controversial topic but I want to start with a disclaimer that these are my personal views. If you are a devoutly religious person who gets offended very easily, please stop now and don’t read this blog post. I was born and raised as a Hindu. It is the oldest…
Day 8 – Top five pet peeves
Everyone has something that annoys them. Below are my top five pet peeves. Hypocrisy I hate hypocrites! I don’t like people who say different things and change their behaviour based on who they are talking to. I am a straight shooter and everyone in my life knows where they stand with me. I believe in…
Day 7 – Ten years from now……
We all envision the future. In fact, anyone who says they don’t are either lying or are a monk. I like to say that I set goals for my future – they are things that I would like to achieve. These goals then help me lay a sort of blue print for next few years….
Day 6 – Current Relationship Status
When I looked at the topic of my current blog, for a moment I stopped in my tracks. I know the traditional meaning of the title is marital status but the thoughts that went through my mind were around the word relationship. Why does current relationship status only talk about marriage? Surely I have other…
Day 5 – Emotion and invocation
Today’s blog post is about an emotion and what invoked it? This blog post made me research about emotions because most of the time we confuse our physiological needs with our emotions. Like the first thought that cam still my mind was tired, but that is nit an emotion. That is my physical state even…
Day 4 – Life Lessons from my jobs!
I have been a working woman all my life! Apart from a few breaks here and there, I have had a job. Each of my job experience has been enriching and has taught me lessons for life. So for today I decided to chronicle my learnings from my jobs! Try everything that comes your way…
Day 3 – Advice – Good & Bad
Over the course of our life, we all receive advice – some solicited and some unsolicited. If you are from the sub-continent, advice is dispensed freely. Everyone seems to have an opinion about everything and they turn it into life mantras for others – whether they apply it to their life is a whole other…
Day 2 – A Friend(ly) story
Today I will bring you a slice from a friend’s life. We haven’t met much but feel a connection and wanted to know more about her. She is one of the kindest people i have come across. Introducing Priya Lohan! Tell me key memories of your school time. Whenever I recall my school years, my…
Day 1 – Opinion on Marriage
My first day of blogging had to be an opinion piece coz I am very opinionated. And I love expressing them too! So I decided to start my blogging journey with one on marriage. Some say it is a dying institution, some say it is boring and some say it is outdated but having been…