Category Archives: musings

I just realized my teenager would never know What an encyclopedia meant to us, in those days you could not throw A question at Google or ChatGPT on a device and instant answers obtain To search for answers required going through some pain.. Each school project invariably meant That inside a library hours would beContinue reading “Look it up in an Encyclopedia”

Facing writer’s block daily I was looking for advice On how to write every day, this suggestion caught me by surprise- It recommended leaving a half-finished sentence, midway The goal being to start writing by completing that sentence the next day This definitely sounds interesting, and worth an attempt Leave a sentence hanging in mid-airContinue reading “Leave a sentence incomplete..”

Another long weekend, another round of sales This strategy to make people buy more stuff never fails To lure me into its trap, in a direct or indirect way I start out by reminding myself I don’t need anything, but at the end of a long day Feeling depleted, I talk myself into believing thatContinue reading “Sale!”

I realized that time management no longer appeared to be The major issue in my life, but instead management of energy Had become the problem for which I had no solution In my busy life on multiple fronts, the execution Of different tasks in a timely manner I had managed to nail But optimizing myContinue reading “Energy Management”

You know my sore spot, you very well know How to touch a nerve with the barbs you throw How are your innocuous sounding comments So cleverly laced with the sole intent Of stoking my fears and destabilizing me And I take the bait each time, invariably * I try to be thick-skinned and impenetrableContinue reading “Touch a Nerve”

I came across something that sounded like a revelation to me- The “good girl” archetype correlates with autoimmunity * When girls learn early in life to put others’ needs before their own When a list of acceptable behaviors from childhood they’ve been shown When the identity they embody is tied to something external It seemsContinue reading “Who gets autoimmune disease?”

As more ubiquitous weight loss drugs, GLP-1s have become They have brought about pleasant changes for some.. * These drugs have for weight loss been designed The profound impact that weight (and weight loss) has on our minds Is illustrated by an economics research study new That reveals that after 1.5 years on GLP-1s womenContinue reading “Thinner, married, employed”

I thought it was just my perception but then I realized That everything in this world hyper-globalized Has actually started looking the same “Hyper-blanding” is what this cultural sameness is named * Every novel idea that goes viral on social media platforms Spreads across space and time, and soon you see everyone conform To theContinue reading “Everything, everywhere, just the same”

She opened the first chapter of the book, with an intention to read At least a few pages, but despite trying hard, she could not succeed In paying attention, the page unturned remained The attempt at reading had exacerbated her pain.. * In her old life, a bibliophile she had been Without a book inContinue reading “The Reader”

You have not completed your Spanish lesson today, the language learning app chides me You started a module but left it unfinished- my professional learning website derides me You have not posted in five days- the blogging platform reminds me Whenever I slack in my routine, the internet finds me To nudge me to action,Continue reading “Gentle Nudges from the Internet”

I rush through life and then sit down at my desk to create Artwork that with my culture and my roots resonates I start drawing in a rush, I have given myself an hour or so To create a complex and intricate design, although I know how to cut corners by omitting details I mustContinue reading “The Healing Touch of Indian Folk Art”

When I started writing, I was afraid that my writing would appear Too simplistic, too childish, too boring-this fear Had kept my hands tied for so long that I had not dared To transform my thoughts into words, I was scared To put my writing out there for the world to see I was heldContinue reading “My writing is not that good..”