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 #41 Mom guilt

This is the first thing that popped up in my mind when I decided to scrawl back in WP. Mom guilt is a noxious emotion that every single mother in this world goes through during various stages of parenting. We do whine about our saggy possessions, tiger marks, ever-growing bellies (and what not) but when...

Brother Finger

Baby D and I went to the park yesterday. I'm not a fan of kids park, you guys. Ask me if I can walk, I'll go miles with you. But snaking around the sliding board for an hour or two? Heck no. It's monotonous, tiresome and boriiiiinnggg. While remaining cool and composed on the outside,...

Monthly Favorites – July 2019

July is my favorite month for many reasons. 1. Baby D and 80% of my friends (including my brother A) are born in July. 2. Something exceptionally good happens to me at this time of the year. 3. Point (or plausibility) number two has never backfired till date. I am champing at the bit to...

Snippet #40 Rants, giggles and everything in between

We moved to a bigger room last week. The extra space, to be honest, is too much luxury to handle. The bathroom is aerated which means my chance of being asphyxiated to death while hand-washing the clothes is a big zero. Yay!! As usual, I am traipsing around baby D who hastily climbs up and...

Snippet #39 The Room

"Take care, will you? I may be late today too.." "Sure, don't you worry..!" I smile raising my eyebrows, wave him bye, pick the paal vaali up and lock the door behind me. It's 6:30 in the morning but the Room paints a confusing impression of afternoon. The thick green curtain shines in a strong...

Mom is Home! – Part II

Mom is Home ...for now. My dad switches between News channels to double-check the reopening date of Government schools. We hope for some last minute changes so that mom can stay with us for another week. Nope, no luck yet. Mom is home but she will have to leave soon in, say, another four hours....

The Thief Of Joy

Comparing one thing to another is a normal impulse observed in human beings. For the matter of fact, the art of comparison is a necessity in choosing exactly what we want in various aspects of life. From choosing Tea over Coffee to Football over Cricket, people have their own reasons to pick an option above...

Snippet #38 The Game Of Phones

That was the seventh time baby D rejected to swallow a spoonful of food. "Okay. Eat now!", I said, attempting to thrust a ball of rice into baby D's mouth while showing off my mobile phone with the other hand. The cracked screen flashed the YouTube logo exactly a second after I tapped its icon....

Snippet #37 A Humble Comeback

It's been a while, I know. Given a chance I'd silently cringe away from this ordeal of having to narrate the whole story of why I procrastinated writing all these days. But here I'm, all set to face my readers (though I'm not totally sure if you are still there) despite being obstructed by a...