Card paper stacked up in a corner of the stationery shop looks forlorn. It is holiday season, and the kids are away. There are no school projects or fun time activity that needs paper. Anyway, the kids are far more digital than we are. I can almost hear the paper speak … I have lost … Continue reading The Paper Story
5th Oct’18 I did the Kickoff meeting for a Women Returners circle on Lean In (leanin.org), in the morning. We discuss that women on a break are being targeted by companies for getting experienced resources at low cost, and there are many platforms making money out of this huge market. Ironically, the news items that … Continue reading Page of a diary
The Exit sign is not part of a public place to regulate traffic, as one would expect it to be. The darned sign is a prominent part of office interiors, where other circulars on office discipline, compliance etc. are displayed. It is meant to remind employees that non-compliance leads to the door. Three Line … Continue reading Compliance
Welcome to another week of the Exploration Challenge! A very unusual picture quote caught my attention, and I share it with you here as this week’s prompt. Image source: austinkleon.com I am toying with another idea. If this prompt leads to depiction of a few different characters, we try and weave them into a story … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 57
stones moving forward to meet the horizon Illusion of speed rocks the world, and lifts it up conjuring magic in waves Thursday Photo Prompt
Getting in a flap about things is not my style. The beauty of chaos is that everything finds its own place, without any effort. It may not be the ideal scheme of things, but then, what is ideal for one is anathema to the other. Let the good times roll. When life comes to the … Continue reading Beauty of Chaos
Voice 1 I did all that I wanted to do in life – learnt a new language and to play the guitar, at the wonderfully young age of 64. It is not done to earn a living, or to score brownie points in school. Of course, I’m not averse to displaying my skills at the … Continue reading No race against time
first raindrops reuniting with friend earth petrichor wafting through wetness on thirsty hearts and ground Petrichor — the term was coined in 1964 by two Australian scientists studying the smells of wet weather Source: LiveScience- Petrichor Poetics- Comfort Smells
in my province grass blooms too… cherry blossoms in partial shade, partial sun spring declares arrival tonight’s moon– how many mountains resemble the ones back home? my heart blossoms in the warmth thoughts of romantic nights shallow river– a dawn moon melons cooling promises of a season to usher in love and joy a babbling … Continue reading Cycles of the heart
The villagers are illiterate, and I often use shells to explain their liabilities. It is the business of a moneylender to maintain accounts. I’m the richest person in the village, and would like to maintain status quo. I have seen lifecycles of local residents from birth to debt to death, from prosperity to poverty, from … Continue reading Farther than the truth
