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The bride and her henna

(The Mehndi event is a fun celebration held the night before an Indian wedding, traditionally celebrated by the women on the bride’s side of the family. Generally, a professional mehndi artist applies henna in intricate designs to the hands and feet of the bride and other women in the family. These intricate designs symbolize joy, beautyContinue reading “The bride and her henna”

Linguistic laments

I am writing furiously, yet words fail me Repeatedly, my thoughts tend to derail me As I search in vain for the right English expression And my mind in a spirit of transgression Jumps from my adopted language to the one That pervades my soul in subliminal recognition… It is true that proficiency I haveContinue reading “Linguistic laments”

The Writer

In a world that often did not make sense In a society plagued by pomp and pretense She felt like an outsider, never could blend in Always blurting the blunt truth, she could not win Friends around her, so she became a recluse The more she withdrew, the stronger was her excuse To keep away fromContinue reading “The Writer”

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

This is the time of the year when Temptations abound for men and women To loosen the purse strings that have been tight And dish out moolah for everything in sight With a sense of urgency that might appear As if apocalypse was drawing near Black Friday and Cyber Monday Each one has become an awaited dayContinue reading “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything Why do we always look for the best? Why, I wonder, is there a perpetual quest To find that elusive element of superiority In everything we own, or do- when the majority Of our life is spent somewhere in-between Why do we aim for perfection unseen? Yet another question comes toContinue reading “The Best of Everything”

Imagination

“The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.” Helen Keller A pragmatic person I consider myself to be I uphold the principles of scientific inquiry My profession relies on a strong foundation Of irrefutable facts, evidence-based information I like validated facts; with mathematical precision I can easily make most of my decisions It keeps theContinue reading “Imagination”

The Somnambulist

Night after night she rose from her bed Voices clamoring for attention in her head Propelling her forward, one foot in front of other In a measured cadence, nothing could bother Her as she somnambulated out of the door Her steps always halting once she reached the shore Turning back once touched by the waves of theContinue reading “The Somnambulist”

Happy endings

I do not know what people prefer I can say for myself, I do not like to suffer At the end of a book thoroughly enjoyed I do not like to finish feeling that a void Has been left- happy endings I like to see Thought they might exist only in fantasy * Tragic endings leave me dissatisfiedContinue reading “Happy endings”

Write, right

The idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss. J K Rowling When I was young I used to strive To bring my thoughts on paper alive In the best handwriting I could manage Filling lines neatly, page byContinue reading “Write, right”

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Entrances-and-Doors

Finding images for this challenge was a pleasant distraction from ad nauseum discussions on US presidential election Entrance to the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra, IndiaEntrance to Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAEEntrance to the Qutab Minar, Delhi, India Floral entrance to the Conservatory at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA GateContinue reading “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Entrances-and-Doors”

Weekly Photo Challenge: Chaos

For this challenge, I could not resist putting up this photograph of the statue of a man trying to handle four babies at one time- at the Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway

A Time to Celebrate

(I just completed five hundred posts on this blog..) I started this blog just for a lark I had no desire to make a mark Was searching for an outlet for self-expression, And as reading blogs had been an obsession I decided to take the plunge and start- My aim was to write about anything close toContinue reading “A Time to Celebrate”