Home Diaries

“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.” Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix I feel surreal – this whole thing feels like an alternate reality. The days are fusing into one another and 2020 seems a year beyond imagination….

A friend posted a beautiful poem on Facebook which was then posted by noted poet Gulzar in Hindi. The gist of the poem was that nature is thriving without humans but humans are not. It is man who needs nature rather than the other way around. I hope that once this pandemic is over, we…

It was a typical autumn day today – cloudy, cool with a slight breeze. The thing that I am most enjoying these days is my morning ritual. It consists of a hot cup of tea, usually ginger, in my backyard. Avi spent a lot of time yesterday mowing the lawn, trimming the hedges and getting…

But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban What an apt quote in these times! Each of us to have find what lights us up and ensure we spread the same to our…

Let Life Flow! This was my motto for the year and I must say universe has its own way to make things work. My home bound self is discovering new things about me and life in this process. Even though I am an extrovert, have always been, I have always loved my home. I had…

If someone would have said to me that i will be spending my April holidays stuck at home, I would have laughed! But here I am, sitting at home, not been out in over 2 weeks, while the world outside fights the pandemic. It made me realise that I should journal my days as it…