Category: Life
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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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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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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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The Chore I find most challenging to do
Today’s Bloganuary prompt is: What chore do you find the most challenging to do? I have a very simple prompt as my answer. Every single chore in my life is challenging for me to do, period. I hate chores, I hate them with a vengeance. If there is an alternate universe where I can NOT do…
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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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On A Rainy Day
The lovely little city of Thiruvananthapuram is used to rains. On that fateful Thursday morning in late October, the city saw a downpour, catching everyone by surprise. As a commuter in a crowded KSRTC bus, the rains caught me by surprise too – I was not prepared for it. I had embarked on an important…
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To Follow Your Heart (Or not?)
Today, I saw this amazing article in my Facebook feed, thanks to my friend Madhatter: The article talks about how Tumblr inspired an entire generation of folks to code. I’m a fairly recent Tumblr adopter, but I have a very similar story with WordPress. I started blogging for fun with WordPress, and figuring out ways…
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What Brings Joy in my life?
I love today’s Bloganuary prompt for the simple reason that it sparks joy in me. 🙂 The prompt comes at an opportune time in my life, when I’m trying to find the beauty in the simple things around me. This year, I’m trying to discover myself and to do so, I’m trying to really appreciate…
Hari Shanker R 