This Is Our New Normal

Friends with whom I have lost touch lately are re-establishing the broken links of our communication via social media. This could be one of the many side effects of lockdown or perhaps my presence in the virtual world is genuinely missed. Perhaps. I find it hard to channelize my thoughts these days. The compelling comfort...

Important Message To The Doctors & Other Healthcare Professionals Who Are Fighting Against COVID – 19

#shared Here are few suggestions to ensure you do not transmit infections to your family Things to do when: You go to work: ✓ Consider shifting to scrubs. ✓ Wear short sleeves - less chance of your clothing picking up anything you don't want to be taking home. ✓ Tie your hair up. ✓ Take...

Miles To Go…

...before the rest of the world wakes up!!! Now that every place is closed due to Corona Virus breakout, Gym is currently a luxury too far above my state. Social distancing didn't affect my life in a difficult manner yet. It has, in a way, given me a better opportunity to know my onions in...

Kaapi

The blogosphere knows me only as a Chai lover so far. What I didn't tell you was how sometime back in the last decade, the year 2015 to be precise, my profound love for Coffee (or Kaapi, as we fondly call it) steadily turned into a habit and then an addiction. I remember gulping down...

Snippet #47 Naptime Is No Nonsense

That we are not much sicker and much madder than we are is due exclusively to that most blessed and blessing of all natural graces, sleep. ~ Aldous Huxley To me, naptime isn't an enforced act of leisure but an indispensable habit of life. In India, or perhaps, specifically in the place I grew up,...

Microblog Mondays – Sharing Life’s Little Tidbits

• I watched "The Good Dinosaur" last night and cried happy, sad and every other variant of emotional tears. • A little friend (read: best friend) of mine (and baby D) gifted me a cute, hand-made card that had an adorable craft work with a sweet message written inside it. While handing over, he smiled...

Snippet #44 An In-Between Tale

"Shool..joyee joyeee!", baby D exclaims in the loudest tone, as we enter the inner gate of his playschool. He is super excited to get back to school after a two week vacation. Even amidst a relatively large group of teachers and little kids, he could spot his own teacher from a certain distance. "Goo baagu,...

Snippet #43 Window Sill

Photo credit: unsplash.com It's a dull evening. The scanty beam of sunlight that usually beautifies the dusk has gone missing. Instead, misty drizzle followed by pale sheets of rain lodge in my window panes. My extensive search for a perfect place to write finally ends when I sit by the sill. The window sill. It...

Snippet #42 D for Dance

Every year, Christmas brings with it the spirit of love, kindness and people spread the good vibes through carol songs, winter tales, gifts and greeting cards. We were fortunate enough to enjoy two Christmas events at the husband's workplace in the last two weeks. Audience big and small, together they sang at the top of...

6 Ways to Motivate Your Teen to Exercise

It's hard to get your teen off the couch, but a lack of exercise could put your teen at risk. Here's 6 motivation techniques to get them moving.