Candid Thoughts

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  • Way to Go!!
    Scribbled a few lines for my dear girl on Daughter’s Day.
  • Neighbourly Resonances and Dissonances
    Living in apartments is interesting, but peace at home depends on a lot of factors around you. If you’re trying to work or decide to record for your YouTube Channel, here’s my suggestion; do it at the crack of dawn, cutting a wee bit into your sleep time. You never know when your neighbour’s kid …
  • Luxuries Redefined
    If a person has wealth, he can spend it on the luxuries of life. Now, what are the luxuries of life? Definitely, there are specific parameters for things or services to qualify as luxuries. Affording a five-star hotel for stay is luxury; being able to travel with a business class flight ticket is luxury, memberships …
  • Contagious Smiles
    Today, my kids wanted to know what flavours of ice cream were at home. So I opened the fridge and realised that we were out of ‘Magnums’, their all-time favourite, though we did have some plain vanilla ice cream left in the freezer. My elder one screamed from her room, “Could you put some chocolate-chips …
  • Author and an audiobook narrator
    Hello, I’m Richa, and I inhabit the world of stories. After all, isn’t life itself one grand narrative? Each of us holds a unique tale, and when shared with the right touch, it has the power to resonate deeply. As a dedicated narrator, I revel in the art of conveying the author’s essence to the …
  • Attitude & Buttons
    Weird combination, right? What is the relation between the two? Or rather, what could be the relation?  It was just the other day when a friend of mine got infuriated over something. Her anger intensified with every passing minute. She completely flipped her lid. We wasted our energies trying to calm her down. The little …
  • Choices
    People often talk about their Mothers as the reason behind their success. Especially in India, ‘Maa’ is just not a word. It brings to mind a long trail of words that give this short term a more significant meaning. Maa means care; it means to love; it brings with it thoughts of good, nourishing food. …
  • Why do children listen to Daddies more than mommies??
     A big question. What is it that keeps them apart? Why is it that everything said by daddies, taken seriously? Why don’t kids argue with daddy?
  • 10 Life Lessons We Can Teach Our Kids
  • That Slice of Pizza
    Pizza – Not Just eaten, but relished all around the world. A baked flour base with some veggies, topped with a whole lot of cheese. And they even offer to put double the cheese to please your tongue. These days the crust too contains that fluid cheese which oozes out as you dig your incisors into  THE ONLY palatable …
  • Endless Calling
    I received a joke on WhatsApp today, wanted to share it:HUSBAND: “ Scientists have found that men say about 10,000 words a day, while women say about 20,000….Wife (shouts from the kitchen) : “ It’s because we have to repeat everything twice to you blockheads!” Being a wife and a mum, I couldn’t agree less.A …
  • Me and my Ipad
    My son was supposed to write a short poem and this is what he came up with: WHEN I TURNED NINE, MET A FRIEND OF MINE. I WOULD DO EVERYTHING WITH IT, EVEN DINE. IT SHARES EVERYTHING WITH ME, AND SO DO I. AND WHEN MUM SAYS  ‘STUDY OR NO IPAD, IT’S LIKE, DO OR DIE.
  • The (Un)Friendly Alien
    Description of an imaginary character by my little one : Alpecca was its name, Gypsy was the planet from where it came. It had short and stubby tarsals, the language it spoke was called ‘Sparkles’.
  • A Father’s Princess
    I dedicate my first post to my Dad. He left this beautiful world a few years ago, and on his birthday, this 22nd day of April, I dedicate my poem that I wrote for him. Oh Dad, Dear Dad, it’s your birthday today. Never thought I’d miss you so much this day. Actually, I always …