As soon as they took her away, a dark night set over our hearts. No one wanted to talk or laugh. We escaped into our own screens, work and entertainment. Things started to go down south. We functioned completely normally, but a slight hint of additional responsibility or stress, we gave the truth away. Almost… Continue reading Corona knocked at our doors
Author: Pranjulaa
Processing gratitude
Days have stopped making sense. Reality is an illusion. And today, it is so easy to be philosophical. Time is just a concept that we are trying to keep up with because of our work and school schedules and really doing something is the only way we are keeping ourselves sane. I just watched the… Continue reading Processing gratitude
When you hear the first Covid positive in your family
The first time you hear of a positive case in your family, it is not of a personally close relative but it still hurts very much never the less. More so, because it hurts your mother or your grand mother who were relatively much more close to that relative. So how do we deal with… Continue reading When you hear the first Covid positive in your family
Quarantine day 70
Reflections about being quarantined and if I feel overwhelmed, I read my book of positive poetry, sparkles
Sparkles – Life is Poetry (ebook)
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Poetry news – Hunting for a book cover
Hello Everyone, I have been writing this blog since 2011. Along with this I have also started being very active on facebook, instagram, while recently launching my own youtube channel, where I read my poems for you. The summer of 2019, I had even enrolled myself into the only Poetry College of Mumbai. A collective… Continue reading Poetry news – Hunting for a book cover
Day 20 of quarantine
There are the things I am thankful for: The air I breathe. Enough food to eat.My family.Cousins and friends.My health.Ability to cook, write and read.The will to exercise.My balcony.The privileged to survive.
Breathe
Rise
When doubt seems to crop up om your mind,Rise.When all hope is lost and there is no friend in sight,Rise.When the darkness seems to overpower your might,Rise.Rise above your fearRise above what has been holding you back all this while.Rise against the memories that you wish you could just set right. There is a time… Continue reading Rise
Quarantine
It is quarantine day 10. An unexpected turn of events. We had gone for a family holiday to a long pending trip abroad. It had been pending since I last missed my graduation ceremony because of visa issues four years back. So this trip of our family was very satisfying. Until the virus came in… Continue reading Quarantine