Cheers To Life As I See It!

There is always a battle of sorts between the head and the heart. Sometimes the heart tells us to go ahead and do exactly what we want to do...

When sky blue gets dark enough To see the colors of the city lights A trail of ruby red and diamond white Hits her like a sunrise She comes ...

Words are funny things, you can twist them up in so many million ways and yet they always mean something. Simple things sometimes can be mad...

A hundred thousand words wanted to pour out of her lips. A mysterious smile flashed before her eyes. A turbulant life was coming to an end a...

...your already frizzy hair expands to twice it's usual size! ...you feel like taking a bath immediately after you've already had on...

Every end is a new begining...helps to remember that.

When in doubt, always toss a coin; if you're disappointed with the result, then you've already made your decision... Very apt I beli...

Though this post is titled 'Sunday Mornings', I will actually begin this cronicle from last night. A huge (and cheap!) dinner at a s...

interesting thought - an act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measu...

When the time is right, things always fall into place. I believe in fate and destiny. Everything that happens, happens for a reason; we may ...

So I've noticed how conversations about the New Year more often than not meander into what happened in the year gone by. Its funny reall...

We've all heard of the phenomenon of blanking out during an exam situation. But you know what, sometimes this phenomenon really gets out...

One of my favourite T-Shirts says, 'Music Feeds My Soul'. I find that so true. I don't know what I'd do without it in my lif...

It rained today. It was beautiful. Unexpected rain in the middle of November is quite something. And it wasn't just a drizzle, it poured...

And yet another semester is coming to an end. Its been one hell of a ride and I'm glad its coming to an end, finally. I guess thats how ...

I used to detest social networking once upon a time. Its not like I'm overly fond of it now but I can atleast live with the idea that it...

These are a few pics clicked on a very rainy trip to Bombay...

I just spent an entire week immersed in the world of Harry Potter (reading not watching!) and I have never appreciated the genius that is J....

The sunlight came streaming in through the window forming a pool of light on the floor by the bed. A cool breeze gently stirred the half ope...

Eggs...The world's most heavenly breakfast and I hardly ever get to eat it! Sometimes when I'm half asleep on a Sunday morning, I al...

During the course of the past one year of my life, I have become acutely aware of the fact that an altogether too large population of people...

The feeling of falling, however blissful nearly always ends with a bump. Coming back down to earth is never gentle, on the contrary it is in...

When too many thoughts clog your mind, use a pensieve but if you are a muggle, then all I can say is: DEAL WITH IT!

This is a poem by Elizabeth Bishop, which features in the movie "In Her Shoes" which I absolutely love (both movie and poem!). It ...

This is a poem called "Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep" by Steven Cummins which I had penned down somewhere and mislaid. I came ...

Today, I realised the futility of education. As a matter of course, we students of BBA are required to study a subject called 'Organizat...

There are times when you don't know whether to laugh or to cry and in all likelihood you end up doing a bit of both. So what would you c...

We build walls, not to keep people out but to see who will break them down...

When life throws you lemons, make lemonade...I just love this saying. It just encompasses in itself everything that you need to know to surv...

It was pointed out to me today that all of us at the moment are nothing without our parents. I mean think about it, no matter how much we st...

As the IPL (finally) comes to an end, one can't help but wonder how much more cricket one can digest. Don't get me wrong, I am a hu...

Solitude: Painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity... I read this quote in the Mumbai Mirror today and it got me thinking t...

A dream, more real than anything that had ever happened to her, enveloped her subconscious, completely in control of her senses. She was fal...

Yesterday, I saw a beautiful sample of Bengali cinema, although I was ill-fated enough to have to watch the Hindi version (no offense but I...

Trouble, like Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...P.G. Wodehouse

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Yesterday, I saw a beautiful sight. In an auto rickshaw stuck in the endless Bombay traffic, a woman travelling with three little children w...

What do you do when you are feeling blue? What is the one guaranteed method to get you out of the dumps? For me, it's writing. Writing w...

The greeness of leaves...have you ever wondered what that is all about? I mean why are leaves green anyway? No, the answer I am looking for ...

Sometimes life is just one big mess, everywhere you look there is nothing but misery and pain. No hint of a silver lining, just dark clouds ...

Just imagine for a minute what it would be like to be a book, sitting on a dusty shelf most of your life, taken down once in a while and pag...

These are just a few examples of the genius of Ishita Sharma. Her wit and humour have brought us all respite during the dark days of the exa...

I came home to Mumbai for the holidays on Friday and my first thought on entering the city limits was about the endless traffic that would p...

Today I learnt an important life lesson, it's called CHOICES, we are faced with them every day of our lives, practically from the minute...

The time has come for fond farewells and a few tears (in some cases a lot!). Yes, thats right it's the end of a year and although it fee...

Exam Fever is back! And this time it's knocking harder than ever before (or does it feel that way every time?). As Ishita would say, ...

Hope is a funny word...but only because I think it's a combination of HOME and ROPE. You see there can only be hope if you are tied firm...

k. This little alphabet has certainly gained a lot of importance these days. Just in case you, like me a while back, are wondering what the ...