I’m loving it! — I was always an ambitious person and wanted to be a successful career woman. I passed college and applied for higher studies in Physics. After completing my Master's degree I applied for a competitive fellowship program. All my dreams came true when I got through the exam. But destiny had…

Small things go a long way — My all-time favorite place to hang out when I can’t decide where to go is IKEA. And I’m sure it must be so for many of you as well. Every time I visit the store, I’m transported to a magical world. All my wishes come true and I feel as…

A book is magic you hold in your hands — Our mind travels fastest in the universe. At one moment we are in our house, the next we can reach wherever we wish in the world! No super-speed bullet train can match this. Books come second in transporting us to another world in just a minute. We can travel to…

What goes around comes around — John woke up to the sound of his father coughing badly. “This has become every day’s story”, he grumbled and removed his warm blanket to get up from the bed. He entered his father’s room and found the medicine in the side drawer. As always, his father was sitting in…

Am I betraying her? — Last year I took in three kittens abandoned by their mother at birth. What was just a temporary arrangement soon became permanent when we all became too attached to the kittens. I decided to adopt all three. My daughter named them Cookie, Brownie and Oreo. They were very happy and…

Where to live peacefully a woman needs to have the support of a man. — I visited my mom in India this time after a gap of two years because of covid. She had hired a new maid. The older one couldn’t cope up with the expenses in the lockdown so returned back to her native village. In my one week of stay, I noticed…

Because you have nothing better to do in life anyway — How many times have you heard it in your life? “You were literally asking for it.” “ For heaven’s sake, stop giving hints to men. Stop asking for it.” “No wonder she was raped, in those clothes, she was begging for it.” We as women anyway have nothing better to…

But the queens that they are, wouldn’t take it and had their own plans — I took in three kittens last year when they were abandoned by their mother. They were just one week old at that time. I decided to allocate a separate room to the cats where they could retire for the night. This way even if we got up in the middle…

Though I never hoped I’ll be able to do it all over again — I started teaching immediately after completing my studies. After finishing my master degree in Physics, I started as a senior secondary Physics teacher at a school. What started as a means for time to pass and a steady income source soon became a passion. I loved interacting and talking to…