Tag: bloganuary

  • Five things I am grateful for today

    I am a strong believer in the attitude of gratitude. I would simply not be where I am today, had it not been for the help and support of a lot of people. No amount of thanks will justify the gifts I have received from this life. As I am closing out on yet another…

  • Incorrect Assumptions

    It’s natural to assume something of someone. When you meet someone new, you tend to make images of them in your head, which could be based on a lot of external characteristics – or simply based on spontaneous assumptions in your head. Unless you are Sherlock, chances are that your assumptions are wrong. I myself…

  • Do I even like my writing?

    I started writing when I was school. When I say writing, I mean, “writing”, as a hobby. I was egged on by my then-English teacher Deepa Pillai ma’am, who encoruaged me to share my unchecked ramblings with the whole wide world. I was standing on the shoulder of giants, watching my seniors at school share…

  • On the lighter side

    I’ve always had a lower threshold for humor, in the sense that I would laugh even at the slightest prod. Share a dad joke with me, which is obviously bad humor, and you might even see me guffawing my lungs out. 😬 Over time, my appetite for humor has improved, though. I do not appreciate…

  • Someone that Inspires Me

    I might sound a wee bit corny, but the reality is that the person that inspires me is none other than my wife, Archana. Have you ever come across the term: Baptism by fire? It means to be able to fight through adverse circumstances to come out clean. Archana has fought some of life’s biggest…

  • Something I Wish I Knew How to Do

    I’m a wishful thinker, and I keep wishing for so many things. In fact, I yearn for things all the time. And, at any point in time, I keep yearning for something! It’s a fact. Here’s a list of random things that I wish I’d knew how to do: I wish I knew how to…

  • My Favorite Toy as a Child

    Okay, this is a fun Bloganuary prompt! 😀 When I was around two years old, someone gifted me a toy car. It wasn’t remotely fancy or pretty. It was a fairly big (for a two-year-old) yellow car made entirely of plastic. It did not even have actual wheels even, if memory serves me right. It…

  • The last time I left my comfort zone

    I don’t know how, but I get sucked into comfort zones, all the time. The good thing though, is that I know when I’m one within a while. But by then, I’m too comfortable to get it out. Of late, I’ve been more proactive about realizing when I’m in a comfort zone and I know…

  • The Road Trip I would Love to Take

    Several years back, I saw a Malayalam movie called “Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi” (literally translates to Blue skies, green seas, scorched earth). It’s the story about a young man called Kasi who decides to go on a cross country road trip across India (from the South in Kerala to the North East in Tawang), with…

  • The Advise I would give to my Teenage Self

    As a teenager, I was really unkind towards myself. I was grappling through all kinds of complexes. I did not feel good about myself. I felt that I looked like a weirdo. I had this weird feeling that I was an outcast and that I did not fit in. I was performing badly at school…