Tag: inspiration
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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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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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Hello 2023!
Behold, it’s 2023 already! Here in India, as I write this, the first day of the year is almost over – it’s close to 11 PM on January 1st. 2022 – what a year! The year was a heady mix of highs and lows. After two long years of the pandemic, I got a chance…
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A year to time travel to
If I could pick a year to time travel to, I would pick 1998. Why? Because I love the nineties! Oh, what exciting times they were? I would probably go back and have fun with all the nineties technology. Good old CRT TVs, a nice funky VCR, landline phones, Pentium II computers with a whopping…
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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…
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Thank you, 2021.
I won’t mince words, 2021 was one of the most difficult years of my life – especially on the personal front. My little family was shattered by the death of two of our cats, and that too in a brutal way. The second wave of COVID, and isolation seemed mild in comparison. Nevertheless, I am…
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Life, living, expectations, and social media
I saw this tweet the other day, and it left me thinking, because of the simple fact that I’ve been a victim of this EXACT situation. When I was 23, I felt that I had failed in life. My friends and loved ones seemed to agree. I had barely scraped through college. My bank balance…
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Flower Ruins
Not too long ago, the flowers you see in this picture were beautiful and glorious. They blossomed from tiny buds to pretty, glorious flowers; and reached the pinnacle of their beauty. Everyone used to stare lovingly at them. Girls wanted all of them to adorn their beautiful hair. Guys wanted to pick these flowers and…
Hari Shanker R 