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Onam-Second day through sixth day #MyFriendAlexa

I did announce the Onam series but couldn’t post everyday due to something or the other. Today onwards everyday we have something or the other coming up. Will update in the next post. For now we will see the past few days. As mentioned in my last post, the rounds keep increasing day by day. …

Onam- The Secular Festival of Kerala

Onam is the festival of Kerala. This is one festival that is celebrated by everyone irrespective of their religion. A lot has been written by the festival of Onam but in the current scenario all remains nothing but nostalgia. Hence to let the current generation know, I am planning to do a series on Onam …

Smriti Irani- A case of real feminism

Till sometime back she was called Tulsi Maa, a tribute to a character she played for more than 10 years. When she contested elections for the first time, everyone underestimated her saying she is a mere daily sop actress. The insult she had to endure during the national Film award distribution would not yet be …

The X-factor is not gender

Off late, I haven’t been writing anything on atrocities towards women. However we write, these practices will not end because the psychopaths who find pleasure in a fellow being’s extreme pain cannot be changed with these posts or protests. I would say that the stigma of the society towards mental disorders is the main reason …

Bucket List

Image courtesy: www.barnesandnoble.com We all have something to dream about. We have that one desire which will make our life accomplished. For some, it would be many. We call it “Bucket List”. You might me wondering how bucket list comes under the theme family. As mentioned in many previous blogs, I am a different kind …

#BlogchatterA2Z challenge theme reveal

This is my first attempt of #BlogchatterA2Z challenge. Thinking of theme, I was wondering what I would be able to write continuously for 26 day. Of course it has to be about family. This could include anything from relations with parents, kids, spouses. So here it is. My theme for #BlogchatterA2Z challenge Family

Why does the other child feel inferior?

Why this topic? Well, this topic has been right in front of our eyes and we still choose to ignore, not because we don’t care. However, as parents we always love all our kids equally. Yes, kids take a long time to realize this. Sometimes, a couple of years and other times even decades. We …

The best seller formula

To see one’s book among the bestsellers is always a writer’s dream. I too have dreamed of seeing my book in vertical and spiral stacks in the book stalls and people staring at the stacks with unveiled admiration. Once I set out to the world of publishing, I realised that to get past the slush …

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