Category: Experiences
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What color describes my personality (and why)?
“What color describes your personality and why?” – I don’t need to go further to answer this prompt; the color that defines me is Blue. For some weird reason, Blue has been my favorite color since time immemorial. I don’t have a clear cut reason why it was (is) my favorite color, it just stuck on.…
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The Meal I would like to cook or eat
“What’s your favorite meal to cook and/or eat?” – I don’t even have to think to answer that. That would be Dosa and sambhar or chutney. If you don’t belong to the Indian subcontinent, you might be wondering what these things are: A dosa, also called dosai, dosey, or dosha, is a thin pancake in South…
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The Happiest Day of my life
“Describe the happiest day of your life,” asks Bloganuary. Oooh, this is a tough one, especially since there are so many options. Ever since I started practicing gratitude in 2023 (this needs a post of its own), I have been rediscovering the joys in my life and realizing that I have too many things to be…
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A Memory Linked to a Smell
Do I have a memory that’s linked to a smell? Of course! And so many of them too! The one that really hits me is this particular smell of one of my wife’s perfumes. She used it while we were in Berlin in 2016. I forget the brand and the flavour, but I remember it being…
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What fear have I conquered?
The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela In an interesting prompt, Bloganuary asks me: “What fear have you conquered?“ I think I have a definitive answer to this one – that would be the fear of public speaking. For the longest time, I was…
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My Preferred Mode of Travel
Today’s prompt asks me the question: “What is my preferred mode of travel?” My answer is simple – Flying. Sure, it is not economical – flying is crazy expensive these days. And let’s not even get into the environmental impact a single flight causes on the planet; so much that many folks are mulling giving…
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How would I spend a billion dollars, if I had it?
Ooh, I love today’s prompt! A billion U.S. Dollars, huh? The prompt reminded me of the following iconic scene from The Social Network: A billion dollars is a lot of money – I mean, a LOT. With “billions” being so oft-repeated in the media, people seem to have forgotten the value of money, so it…
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How do I define success?
Success is my only m****rf*****g option, failure’s not! Eminem, Lose Yourself Oooh, this is a good prompt! Defining success, huh? Okay, I’m going to say something controversial here – success is a trap! There, I have said it. We talk a lot about successes. We write evocative essays, books, and even make movies out of…
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A memorable gift that I had received
Today’s Bloganuary prompt is a tough one! A memorable gift, huh? I had to put on my thinking hat for that one. I have been lucky enough to get a lot of gifts over the few decades of my existence in this planet – from family members, friends, relatives, coworkers, even random folks. It is…
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Why do I write?
I’m deviating a bit with regards to Bloganuary today – instead of today’s prompt, I’m picking up an older one that I could relate to, but missed – Why do you write? Why do I write? Well, I consider writing to be at the core of my creative process. Ask me a question on my…
Hari Shanker R 