Happy Two

That day when we tied the knot,
What the outcome would be, I knew not.

But ever year we cross together,
Is like a step towards Forever

A forever I welcome
For I know now, togetherness can never be tiresome

I have learnt love is the key
And happiness will come to be

Happy Anniversary dearest P.

Deepavali

Sometimes the colors you etch out are a true reflection of what your life is













and it takes a set of lamps you painted to remind you that...

Happy Deepavali

If I knew then what I know now

Dear 18 year old me,

Don’t worry, this era of teens will soon end and you will be in a job holding on your own. It will be the dawn of a new age. The awkwardness at never being able to fit in will fade with years and you will emerge sure and secure in being who you are. Those who scorn at you today will become irrelevant tomorrow, so don’t crumble at the snide glances and cruel smirks. The tears that wreck you at night are not worth it. The present you find so painful will become a mere blur in future, for by the time you are 28 you would have learnt that key to happiness is acceptance.

You will grow to love yourself and believe in yourself. You will meet many people who will appreciate you, for all that you are and love you inspite of all that you are not. Don’t get irritated with this letter for not answering any of the pertinent questions like whether you will ace your exams or find love and marry. From being 18 to 28 is a journey you have to make towards self discovery and along the way you will learn to be comfortable in who you are and what you can/cannot do. I can give only assurance that all will turn out fine and not directions, as some journeys have to be made on your own.

Though all this might seem like gibberish to you now, clouded as you are by anger and hurt, at things which are so beyond your control, you will see sense at 28 and do exactly what I am doing now; writing you this letter.

Yours truly,
28 year old me

sent to Lost in Post

Entity and Identity

Women will get treated like they ought to be only when they are first seen as an individual entity and a women before being perceived as mothers,grandmothers,daughters wives or daughter-in-laws.

It is said women are like the water, that takes the shape of whatever vessel you put it in.

Should it always be so?

If a woman is an entity, then should she not have an independent identity?

How equal are women?

How many women think and treat themselves equal to a man? How many of us look to our needs and wants before that of our fathers, brothers and husbands?

Not long back we had gone for dinner with another couple. All of us placed our orders for dosai and this guy wanted his dosai extra crisp. At his request to the waiter, his wife could not help but comment about her younger brother who would protest at a crisp dosai.” Her words were “Aiyo avan kathuven crisp pa pannina”

Have we indulged the men in our lives generation after generation, only for them to believe that it is their birth right to demand what they want from all the women in their lives?

Women empowerment begins at treating yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

Death

Life is a long wait for the ultimate truth.

I lost my second grandparent recently...
Thatha I will miss you.
Love you.

Sometimes ignorance can be bliss

For all those times I dared to peel and then cried.

When beginnings and ends merge

Sometimes you know not

If the step taken

Is forward or backward