Tag: Life
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Bloganuary Day 6: What would my freeway billboard say?
With some help from my AI friend, I generated the freeway billboard of my dreams, which you can see in the featured image of this blog post. If for some reason, you are not able to find it, I have embedded it below for your viewing pleasure My freeway billboard will have the letters “DO”…
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Bloganuary Day 5: Do I spend more time thinking about the future or past?
Today’s prompt brought me back to one of my favorite songs – Baz Luhrmann’s Sunscreen: Don’t worry about the future, Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your…
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Bloganuary Day 3: What colleges have you attended?
I love today’s prompt. I have shared a lot of posts in this blog and my other one, on college. In fact, I started blogging at college too, and I have a lot of memories from that period. For today’s prompt, I would like to talk about a college where I am currently enrolled. In…
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Bloganuary Day 2: What says playtime to me
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. William Shakespeare The famous Shakespeare quote came flashing into my eyes when I saw today’s Bloganuary prompt. Of late, I have been trying to see life from a different perspective. I think Shakespeare had a point when he shared those famous words.…
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On Losing Someone You Loved with All Your Heart
On July 27th, 2023, I lost my father in law – Mohanan Nair, to cancer. I am not new to death, I have seen many loved ones bid goodbye to this cruel world. I am still recovering from the back-to-back deaths of two of our cats – Boo and Kiku, a couple of years back.…
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The Home That I Live In
Today’s bloganuary prompt is: “What irritates you about the home you live in?” Since the answer to that question is “nothing” (I love my home), I’m going to share a bit about my own home! A few years back, I saw a lovely Malayalam movie called Jacobinte Swaragarajyam. The movie starts with an English song…
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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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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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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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