Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 24

Welcome to Week 24! Let us mull and reminisce of love, as we enter the Valentine Week – a space reserved for love in its several manifestations and interpretations. A few quotes here to give different perspectives. "Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love is by far the truest type of love." Unknown … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 24

It’s all about the client

Whoever has heard of an independent story?” “I report facts and write my perspective.” “Bullshit! It is an interlinked world, and every ‘fact’ has an impact on others. We need to write what suits our interest.” “And what is that?” “Revenue and political goodwill. That is all we need to drive the business ahead.” “How … Continue reading It’s all about the client

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 23

Welcome to Week 23 Eclipses are not new to the world. But there is something unique about each one of them. Most of them appear to occur once in 100-150 years. The universe follows its own schedule, and it might be slower or faster than our earthly systems. But it sells, when it is touted … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 23

Cynical Thought

I am a cynic leave me alone I am absolutely fine.   Experience is taking the shocks and knocks. I know the threshold where positivity falls. I have traversed the long and spiral road from Hope to Expectation to Stonewalls.   I couldn’t care less about crossing lines The other side of which is not … Continue reading Cynical Thought

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 22

Welcome to Week 22! There is something about the number 22 that makes me uneasy. I come across it frequently. I read somewhere that we should pay attention when numbers repeatedly appear in pairs. It is a message from the universe. I am writing this piece at the end of a rather difficult day, where … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 22

Gist of Conflict

  All conflict, manipulation and business in the world stems from these three lines. A. I am not responsible for your destiny.   B. I trusted you to take care of my interest   C. Why did you ever push that button? I will show you a better way to live?     Reena's Exploration … Continue reading Gist of Conflict

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 21

Perspectives shape reality, and we write our own destiny. It is perhaps a hackneyed theme that I use so often in my speaking and writing. But, a writer writes the destiny of its characters. THE CHALLENGE Poetry, dialogue or any other format that you are comfortable with can be used to express the point of … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 21

Coping Up

It was the thirteenth and final day of the last rites of the old lady. THE PARTNER Her nonagenarian partner kept staring at the designer ceiling of the room, and broke down occasionally. He cried without tears, which appeared to be his stubbornness or demand for attention at times, but one could also sense helplessness. … Continue reading Coping Up

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 20

Welcome to a fresh journey of exploration in 2018! If there are any suggestions about changing the pattern and format, while maintaining the spirit, please feel free to share. I am in a peculiar situation this week. While the world celebrates New Year, I have seen a life end, and her partner’s grief. My mother-in-law, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 20

Reena’s Exploration Challenge

There will be no challenge this week. Not sure about next week either. My mother-in-law passed away today morning.   LAST WEEK’S ROUND UP Patricia at http://patriciasplace.me/2017/12/29/picturing-the-path/ Eugenia at http://amanpan.com/2017/12/29/change/ Hecblogger at http://playingwithwords.blog/2017/12/29/breaking-the-illusion/ Michael Moments when you consider the impossible and dream of the possibility that gives you the courage to move forward no matter … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge