soansrezones

The month-long summer break always gets over even before we start to realize its beginning. It starts with a lot of anticipation, planning and whoof just disappears in a whiff. This vacation was no different. I had a proper plan to get up early, exercise daily, go for the morning walks, stay active, study daily and devote time to certain things. A neat timetable was already in my head and i was…

This was our school prayer in my middle school but we sang the shorter version. The one which was sung by Bill Staines and not the original hymn as written by Cecil Alexander. I loved the first and the last stanza after the refrain and singing it always warmed my heart. I remember our art teacher had drawn beautiful drawings against each stanza depicting the entire prayer on a huge chart paper…

My saying that i am bad is a proclamation, and not an attempt to grab attention. In a world that often celebrates success, achievement, and perfection, it is difficult to acknowledge one’s own shortcomings and admit when we fall short. But i feel it is alright to accept oneself as they are without having to explain themselves, as long as the rationale behind the actions is morally sound. I…

There are random thoughts that come to my mind. They are basically conversations happening in my head, sometimes with my own self at times how two people would be talking to each other, triggered by something i may have read, seen, overheard. Sometimes these thoughts evolve into a post or a poem. Other times they stay as they are…..just random thoughts. This one came at some point and stayed long…

A few days back I received an email from a colleague, containing a single file: ‘Word Document 148’, for me to edit. No name or title for the file! And it’s not an individual aberration. I see so many of them working on Word docs, Excel sheets without a file name. Check a drive and there will be umpteen files with numbers and no titles. People conveniently open a new blank document/book do some…