Entries for the "Writing Fest - December 2024!" writing contest on thinkdeli.
Girl from Ipanema is one of the sensuous and compelling pieces of music I’ve had the honor of hearing. But its unveiling to me was a mere side event. Compared to the magnificence that is V for Vendetta. This scene, was a crescendo. A starting gun. To a marathon of a series of questions and discoveries, that happily continues to this day. I can wholeheartedly say, this is where my education re-star...
Time has started to fly lately and I do not mean it in the cliched, overused way. I really feel that because of the constant overconsumption of information, in terms of reels, commercials, videos, podcasts, audiobooks, TV, gripping series, and so on. I remember our school period of 10-13 years felt like a lifetime in itself, slowly passing weekdays and unit tests, to semesters and then a break and...
Now, you don't always have to necessarily rush out and buy the books I review :D. I just hope to sprinkle some fun facts that might tickle your curiosity about the topics I share with you. Sharing my December Blog https://jaeeblogscom.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/why-i-wrote-it-how-i-survived-it-book-reviews-2024/Challenges, travels, experiences - let me know how’s your 2024 been? Best regards and h...
These days I think a lot about my evolution as a person.And looking at popular figures that have evolved as people. Two people that I find myself constantly thinking about - Mahatma Gandhi and Mike Tyson. They are drastically different as people - public figures, with very different personas.Both had violence touch their lives in some way. One responded by understanding, internalizing and evangel...
The knock at the door was quiet at first, a hesitant tap, barely audible over the hum of the night. It was nearing midnight, the world outside wrapped in a shroud of darkness, as if holding its breath. I opened the door slowly, expecting nothing more than a stray cat or maybe a late-night delivery. But instead, there stood a figure I knew well—myself. Older, quieter, with an air of serenity that f...
Vivaan is now 5 years old. He is officially not a toddler and is now a kid. So the rapid growth has slowed a little. He is still learning new things at school or at home. But now nothing is as drastic as walking for the first time or talking for the first time or going to school for the first time. We celebrated his 5th birthday in November. I didn’t realize it at the time that my little one is no...
It all started with hearing a voice note of someone describing the magic of a collaboration between Eddie Veder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ji song, without sharing the name.. Thus began the journey into music, the next 24 hours that I’d never have imagined..(being bedridden and unwell helped in distracting myself in something I loved) Searched Google goddess and found out it was from the Beautiful ...
Formula 1 is slowest fast sport. American Football/NFL is the fastest slow sport.Let me explain. Formula 1 has some of the fastest cars in the world going around a lap for a regulation 305 kilometers, or about 190 miles - for historical reasons. The race becomes boring after an exciting start and the wear down with each lap and pit strategy, slowly reveals what the podium will eventually be. Seldo...