Category: Inspirations & Reflections

‘Kindness and Virtue, tirelessly humiliated, rises to its fate and fortune when finally, justice is served’! The enchanting story of Cinderella has been popular through generations, captivating everyone with its magic and life’s lessons. I have grown up loving and adoring this story like everyone else. However, now that I contemplate and analyze the tale…

How I wish to wake up one day and realize it was all just a nightmare, or, it was just a momentary glimpse from a parallel universe to teach humanity what future we are headed to! Did we bring this to ourselves? Is it nature’s retribution of the atrocities caused by humanity all this time?…

A recent achievement in the successful completion of my first Blog Hop challenge ‘The Woman That I Am’, hosted by Rashi Roy and Manas Mukul, I was brimming with confidence and felt equipped to dive into the world of #BlogchatterA2Z challenge. I couldn’t thank BlogchatterA2Z enough to have given the rollercoaster of fun-ride through April…

Image courtesy: Charcoal on canvas by my sister Tripti Thakur   Oh! It’s a baby girl! The utter disappointment in the croak of voice from the parents grieving at the birth of their daughter……. The unfortunate newly born that I am! Let her use the leftovers of food, clothes, and toys from her brothers, we…

  “No one is rich enough to buy his/her childhood and youth back. Only friends help in recreating those moments from time to time”. One such trip down the memory lane is a college Alumni meet. College is an indispensable part of the development of an individual where we achieve practical skills, professional qualification; instigate…

The strangest thing about this journey is that it began with a word. A word that confines within itself the entire physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual existence of a being. I do not consciously remember when I came into existence but my subconscious stored the fond memory of my first awareness of me, in my…

With the passing of generations and slow isolation from our own culture, here are some thoughts from a Professor, Writer, and Poet, Jayant Kumar, who shares his insight through his poem ‘Bhool Gaye’, the significance of embracing and cherishing our values, ethos and being humane. While we embrace technological advancements, cultural integration, and modernization, we…

Why can’t we simply accept people in our lives just the way they are, instead of constantly trying to judge them within our set parameters…   Sometimes I feel there is hardly anything in this world that could surprise me; and yet I have only experienced a fraction of a droplet in the vast ocean……

A bright and vibrant country with an eclectic mix of various cultures and people, land of astounding diversity in languages, suffused with rich culture … that’s my land, India! Glad to be born and brought up here …to have lived and to continue being a proud Indian. I had absolutely no intentions of traveling anywhere…

” I want to be like Mom when I grow up’’, said my 11-year-old and I had only begun to soak in the moment of glory and pride when he further added ‘’She gets to stay at home and relax all day’’! And my meager ego deflated immediately. Well, I had no enthusiasm left to…