Relationships
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Dear Diary, I am now 37 years old. I celebrated my birthday 2 days ago. As has become now an yearly thing, I reflect on the year gone by. Things I did well, things that I dropped, the person I was, the person I am. 2021 or rather the 37th year of my life was…
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Dear Diary, I woke up this morning to two posts – a guiding WhatsApp message and a video by BK Shivani, something I get every morning. Both talked about the same thing. ‘The need for approvals’. How we suffer in our lives because of being needy. Need of something from outside of us. When we…
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Dear Diary, Another friend decided to move. Another story comes to an end. With each goodbye, I break down a little. When I started out (as an adult), and stepped into the real world, I didn’t give a wink to leaving or people leaving. I believed that if a person is important, you’ll stay in…
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Dear Diary, I’m in a troubled state of mind. I met a girl friend yesterday after a long time. I’ve known her since my early career days. Seen each other through bachelorhood to marriage to her-now divorced-mother, single-and-free stage. But, meeting her, talking about all things freely, about your own darkest problems, (read sex-lives) was…relieving…
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I’ve always had difficulty accommodating family relatives. You’re supposed to be nice and cordial and not say anything mean, and make time for them, no matter how you’re placed. Whether you like it or not. I’ve never understood why do we waste time on people whom we don’t trust or like or completely care for.…
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When Anay was born and was perhaps, a few days old, I realized something. I found how a ball of mass, with a drum beating inside him, with every pulse, has been put into my hands. A gullible, innocent, extremely fragile thing who’s my responsibility to protect and to care. And, I found myself immediately…
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Remember the lines? ‘Water, water everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink’ from the poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? The sailor was stuck in sea, surrounded by salt water, and had no water to drink. Well, I feel the same way. Just with people. The world is overflowing with people. The population is growing at alarming rates and…
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Dear Diary, How are you? Life is going on. Just as it always does. Doesn’t let me be! 🙂 We continue to make plans and life continues to dump them, left, right and center. But, that’s the way it will be. And, that’s the way one has to accept it. Something will click and we’ll…
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Dear Diary, Life is back to normal again. After a long time of upheaval and uncertainties, it is where it was, and it seems, the sea is calm, yet again. Normally, times of upheaval /difficulties usually signify the time of improvement, growth. So far, it usually ended with some significant change in my life –…
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Hatred is a two – way sword. The more you inch from ‘dislike’ to ‘loathing’ to ‘hatred’ for a person, more pressure you exert on the sword to inch further into the person. And as you put pressure, more the sword digs deeper into your hand – from the edge pointing at you. The sword…
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Dear Diary, Life is rolling and I find myself humbled and a tiny-bit wiser with each passing day. During this whole journey as an entrepreneur’s wife, I went through lot of new experiences. Personal, professional, as an individual, as a home-maker. Lesson 1: Just because someone brought a bad experience to your life, doesn’t make…
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Dear Diary, These are tough times for our family. Me, T, MIL, FIL, SILs, my Mom, my brother. Pretty much everyone is struggling with some major problem or the other. Without going into details of what’s the individual problems, I want to reflect on this phase. As I face concerns, both personally, as an individual,…
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Dear Diary, I often wonder why are we taught to control our emotions, to hide our emotions? For example, if you’re extremely angry, you should try and avoid taking it out right then. If you’re extremely happy, try not to show it too much. If you’re upset with someone, think rationally before just taking it…