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It's late at night. My eyes felt drained and heavy. Shutting the laptop wasn't a choice, the work kept piling and it was almost never-ending. I decided to take a power nap. Sleep seemed more important and I felt my pillow could pull all my stress away. As I started slipping into a nice deep snooze, I heard a jolt near my cup…

Onam in the times of Corona! Onam, Kerala's festival of harvest, is facing a big gloom again. What should have been all about festivities, Malayalees around the globe will have to stay indoors, with no pookalam drawing competitions or ancestral visits, our times are sad indeed. But! This 2020 Onam can still be fun. Why not get …

It's International Dog Day! Every day is someday, but our furry friends deserve a lifelong celebration. Our family dog Tippu passed away two weeks back. He was a cross-breed of dachshund and labrador and he was the most adorable creature in the world. This is a post remembering Tippu, his quirky charming nature. Tippu looked lik…

For the ones who found the title familiar, yes it is actually  On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty Three ,  the sonnet by John Milton , a 17th-century British poet, whose works have eternal value and is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. While Milton is best known for his great epics and sonnets,  On His Being Arri…

Today is the last day of another eventful year. At this hour, all over the world celebrates the coming new year, saying goodbye to 2017 by counting down its last few hours and hopefully welcoming the new days of 2018! The New Year Resolution has been a failing tradition, but why? Next year, a new year, a new me and better time..all …

This is no book review, but more about finding myself in a character. No. She is no Elizabeth Bennet or Hermione Granger, but the lesser-known Skeeter Eugenia Phelan of THE HELP by Kathyrn Stockett. Most of you may have never heard of this book, or not seen the movie (Emma Stone plays Skeeter FYI) but she is the first fiction I can …