Okay to Fail

"You have to be the best in everything you do! The very best!" These are my mother's words which I heard again and again while growing up. To be the best, the very least one has to do is succeed. Failing is not even an option. I love my mother. I really do. Amongst the [...]

Because of Their Parents

How many times have we seen people treating someone a certain way -- good or bad, because of who their parents are? Countless, right? The children are treated well if their parents have a good reputation. They are not if their parents don't. Favours are showered upon when their parents are influential. They are denied [...]

Family

Truth be told, no family is perfect. Every member has their own eccentricities and because the others have to live with those for a very large part of their lives, it drives them crazy like no other. There is always so much to complain about. There are always those loud wishes of what they want [...]

Choosing a Gift

Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, special days etc. etc. One thing all of these have in common is the call for gifts. So how do you choose a gift? Are you like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory in this matter? Do you try to gift people stuff that is closest to the amount they spent for [...]

How Much is Too Much?

They could be anyone -- your partner, parent or friend. They say that they love you and thus they are doing what they are doing. They mean well, obviously. They have nothing but your best interest in mind. Most importantly, they remind you through everyday things that they love you. Now, love is a funny [...]

Our Christmas Star

As a child, I was always in awe of the Christmas star that we used to put outside our house to mark the festival. I still clearly remember the whole "star process," as my father called it. My mother was the one who made the announcement that it was time for the star. As soon [...]

A World Free of Guilt

Don't you wish if the world we live in could just let us live & not throw on us the heavy weight of guilt of so many kinds? Well, I certainly do! Come on, think of it. There are so, so many types of things that all of us would go ahead and accomplish, if [...]

Hurting Someone

What's the worst that could come out of hurting someone? They would never talk to you? They would never do anything for you later? They would never think of you in the same way again? No, that is not certainly it. The worst thing would be when you get hurt yourself too. At times, even more [...]

When Words Fail

Have you ever been in a situation where no matter how hard you thought, you just could not come up with any word? When you went BLANK? It happens when no amount of words, strung together even in the most beautiful manner, seem just "right." Today, I heard of a colleague who had a miscarriage. [...]

Starting Afresh

"What? You want to leave everything you have got till now and start over? From scratch?" they asked. "I want to start afresh," she said. "It's the same! Plus, it's insane," they emphasised. "What if it will make me happy?" she asked. "What if you end up disappointed?" they asked back. "At least I would [...]