The pic zoomed in!

I recently clicked a pic, a run-off-the-mill food pic from a restaurant. Having been tied down at home due to the pandemic, I generally avoided travel as far as possible. As such the pics that I took, set into a certain pattern being limited to a few types of scenarios only! While whiling away my…

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The Fog of Pandemic

Processing all the myriad emotions & mental states while self-isolating in the pandemic & intentionally reducing personal communication has been a semi-successful experiment with self. It would be futile without periodically ranting out the deductions though, so, here’s another effort at it…

The Aftermath…

One of the greatest everyday pleasures I lost out on due to Covid was the pleasure of being a commuter & seeing this city move. This was something I was doing for the first the first time in a big city in my career. I relished it thoroughly & it disappeared suddenly the same way it had appeared, so took a moment to relish that short phase of life in Kolkata, India…

Marigold, the flower of remembrance….

While donning the uniform, one of the first few clicks from the rural corners of India many a years ago, this pic & the associated lines is dedicated on the anniversary of the Kargil War to the unsung & unknown soldiers who did not made it back to these remotest corners from where they hailed…

Tardigrades!

When you are single with a profession and lifestyle that doesn’t leave much room for socialising, online dating is one of the options. However, comparing the complexity of today’s dating compared to a simpler version two decades back, leaves one a bit distraught. However, the discovery of the dating terminologies and the underlying phenomenon around it is something interesting to note…

Time spent with the setting sun….

Restarting life after a big downfall can be a personal high although the world may not notice. Trying to make it apparent seems an act of naivety. However, the journey to self discovery crossed another milestone & you know it, so you express it. Crossing these thoughts while on a flight, talking to yourself & seeing the sun set over the horizon can be life changing at times…

Of fights & taboos….

I take another jibe at the stereotypes I faced going through my divorce & the times preceding & succeeding that. Through the prism of a small towner living in a mix of people more accepting & the traditionalists busy in rumour mongering, this is another part of the battle I faced for a few years…

WHY KOLKATA METRO SAVED ME….

As a small towner, I had always envied the confidence and the natural ability of a big city kid to wade his or her way through the hum-drum of city life. The exuberance of eliminating the unknown fear of the big city and getting a grasp on how to lead the city life is what I tried to describe in this…

An ode to the one still out on patrol….

No sacrifice is greater than the sacrifice of the self for the ones you love & protect. This one is for the heroes of the Kargil war who left never to return & permanently leave a void amongst their loved ones…

The Trek….

“You, me or nobody hits as hard as life…” said Rocky Balboa. Things, especially the ones you pin high hopes on, often do not go the way you thought & situations catch you off-guard. This was the recovery phase post my divorce, still battling the remnants of depression & medication. An unfit body doesn’t help either. This is also about how a positive ego can at times help surmount obstacles…

Pain, Drain, Meme, Shame….and a hell lot of expense….

This was a blog two years in the making as I waded through the complex emotions, battling depression & the conscious moves before completing my divorce from a failed marriage of few months. Battling stereotypes with each bringing their own prejudices to the table was another part of the battle which I have tried to write about…

Time to walk again….

One might fall, life can send you into a tailspin, you may be broken…but do you choose to remain broken or do you keep lying on the ground? Getting back up & moving on is the only option…

The Empty Bench….

Even if you really hated or disliked someone, is it always the case that their going away or death doesn’t make a difference to you. What do you do when those strange yet confused feelings overcome you…reflecting on one such occurrence…

MAGGI philosophies….

The labour of sheer love, no explanations required as to why you write about Maggi, it’s a lifelong love affair with my favourite go-to food & saviour…

What Do I Do Now???

Precision in life is an illusion & especially when it comes to marriages! When it fails & you are caught in a myriad set of emotions & perplexities wading your way through preset expectations, what do you do?!

₹6 ticket route to narcissism

Attempting for a moment to keep the narcissism & sense of entitlement aside and reflecting on others, who knows in the process I end up counting my blessings…