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I can’t believe that the last post I wrote was 4.5 years ago. Time flies, indeed! 14 years ago when I started blogging, it was to give company to a fellow friend. Most of my initial posts were rants. Writing is a great skill to have in life and I am grateful for consistently writing for a decade and how my writing improved leaps over the years. I can’t thank Chennai Bloggers Club( I don’t know…

You Are NOT A Lesser Woman

“There is something wrong“, I told my Mom as tears rolled down on my cheeks at a faster rate.

“No, there is definitely something wrong. I can feel it. I know it but I am unable to explain to you“, I couldn’t express better to my Mom.

It was my first pregnancy. The excitement and happiness were at the extreme in the family. Man of the House suddenly turned into an overexcited boy. I could…

Pyar, Ishq, Aur Tanhaiyan on a Retro Night

  A : Vaastav B : Huh! Please A : OK. Janam Samjha Karo B : Urmila and Salman A : Hmm, Albela B : Aishwarya and Govinda A : Interesting! Wait... *thinks hard* Bichhoo B : Ha ha, Rani and Bobby A : * Taking his laptop and searching online* Got it! you won't get this. Nayee Padosan B : What will you give me if I crack this? A : What the fuck! You know this one too? B : Yes! I love the Mera…

I was calm like the night sea.My family was surprised how I broke up with him.Even I was surprised how it happened.It became a talk in the family WhatsApp group.Man of the House asked me during a private conversation that how I’m dealing with it.My brother made so many WhatsApp calls to me and my parents because he couldn’t digest the situation.

Guests were in disbelief upon hearing it.Parents,…

Hopes Amidst the Ocean of Misogyny

It has been exactly 54 days since one of the Malayalam actresses was kidnapped and harassed by her driver and the gang. It did create an uproar both in social media and in daily lives. The culprit was arrested and the Police were in search of his mobile phone for video clip and call details.The police have been searching in the dark for quite a few weeks for the mobile phone and now, the case has…

It’s a Chicken Week

Celebrating Sri Krishna Jayanti by watching TV whole day is a boring way of celebrating it and TV is not worth watching during weekdays. The only exciting thought was that next day is Friday.So,last Friday I came back home with full of joy and romance only to see a blister on my stomach.

I screamed!!

I understood what it is and rushed to the Doctor and he confirmed it.

Chicken Pox!!

I got it…

Necessity is not the Mother of Invention

It has been a cliche that my friends and family have kept low expectations on me during weekends. Through the years, it has been imprinted in their minds that I am in hibernation during weekends and disturbing me with phone calls will invite situations.

During childhood, the upbringing and the environment forced me to believe that laziness is a sin. Be it at school or home or social gatherings,…

15 Malayalam Movies which I want the World to Watch ( Tearjerker)

Actually, I had stopped my series on Malayalam movies. But, one of my readers requested me for a list of Malayalam movies which are tearjerkers and so, here it is. Grab your tissues and get ready to weep.

**Spoilers all over**

15) Chithram (1988)

Chithram is a perfect movie which has all the commercial elements and it still stays a classic movie. The movie had record collections in the box office…

She ran as fast as she could. The pain burned her body and soul. She wanted to look back, but fear stopped her. She saw a fleck of light at the end of the road. She could hear the noise of the metal wheels. She ran faster. The darkness ahead of her way comforted her but she still yearned to reach the light at the fag end of her road of hope. The metal wheels shrieked and suddenly a bright light…

And the Award goes to …

… the pride of Kerala, the Super Star …

It was in my Class 3 that I first won a prize for a competition. It was first prize for Malayalam elocution as part of the school’s annual cultural festival. The speech was about how reading habits will help us grow as a better individual. My Father had taken his train commute time to write the contents for me. If my memory is correct, it was my Grand…

**Spoilers all over**

15)Detective

The cult director Jeethu Joseph stepped into Malayalam film industry with this fantastic low – budget movie. Suresh Gopi plays double role in this movie – as a politician and as a detective.The story revolves around the murder of the “politician” Suresh Gopi’s wife.If you are yet to watch this movie,don’t waste time;watch it right now.The suspense is so freaking…

Why do we “fall” in love?

Imagine you dancing salsa and the man leads you for a turn and a second turn and then he pulls you closer to him and allows you to fall into his arms.I feel falling in love is like falling into his arms.You do fall,but you fall gracefully into his arms.

Couple of days back,one of my friends told me about being on cloud nine after falling in love.

Oh yes,you do float on…

Photography : This is how I started

Disclaimer : This post will not teach you how to take good photographs.

A week back I got a text from one of my kid brothers asking how I started photography.And,he was the fourth person to ask the same.It was then I thought,why not write about my nine months experience in photography.

For everything,there is a starting point.I was surrounded with brilliant photographers but they were not my…

My day started with watching the video shown below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUkN7g_bEAI

Of course,the video touched my heart deeply but it did bring back a timeline of events which taught me how to “really” say thank you.

The first lessons of saying thank you were from my parents. Every time somebody gifts me a chocolate,they would tell me “Say Thank You” and I would tell “Thank You”.I…

10 Valuable Lessons Malayalam Cinema teaches Men and Women

Disclaimer  : The post is dealing with only Malayalam cinema because I don’t have enough knowledge to extend the details of this post to the movies of other languages. But, considering that we live in India, I am sure that most of what told in the post could be generalized.

  Lessons for Women

1) Women should not shout

It is a common and indispensable dialog in a Malayalam movie. If ever a woman…

A to Z Challenge 2014 : Farooq

Farooq slid his hand inside the outer pocket of his backpack.His fingers crawled inside searching for the tablets.He swallowed the tablet and drank some water.He pushed the lever and leaned back on his seat in the bus.Headache is his new sibling.He bit his teeth hard to relieve himself from the pain.His watch showed 2.18 AM.He pushed the curtain sideways and looked outside the window.The city is…

A to Z Challenge 2014 : Eric

The lights were dim.At times,the lights flickered.Eric ordered one more shot and licked the left over chilli chicken masala.He tried to figure out which song is played.He looked around and saw more boys and girls than men and women.A gang of ten was celebrating one of their friend’s birthday,another gang was celebrating a bachelorette party and a newly married couple was romancing in a corner…