Do you miss a window?
Why there are no such windows now? May be because there are no such walls.My both grandfather house have such windows. This space was not just to sit and view outside but to play , chat , eat and everything in between.
Personal development
Posts from the personal development category.
The Conversation You Keep Postponing May Be the One You Need Most — Mary J. Nestor’s Say It Now! Say
There are conversations we avoid because we don’t know what to say.And then there are conversations we avoid because we know exactly what we want to say.The second kind is often harder.We rehearse the words in our heads. We imagine how the other person might react. We worry about sounding rude, confrontational, insensitive, or simply being misunderstood.So we wait.Tomorrow becomes next week.Next w...
The Phone Is Ringing. But Nobody Plugged It In — The Velvet Hotline by Arsh Verma, Read & Reviewed b
I have always found something slightly unsettling about telephone calls. Maybe it is because you cannot see the person on the other end. You hear a voice, but you don't know what the face behind it looks like. You cannot tell whether someone is speaking calmly because they are genuinely calm, or because they are trying very hard not to fall apart. Sometimes there is a pause. Sometimes there is sil...
Unbroken
They tried to bury me under the weight,I turned the dirt into a door and a gate.Every word that cut, every lie they said,I wore them like armor and moved ahead.I fell to my knees but I learned to stand,Took every scar and built with my hands.What was meant to break me only made me stronger,They wanted me shattered. But I lasted longer.
I Opened What the What?! by Nipun Jain & Mohit Mamoria for the Trivia, but Found Myself Thinking Abo
I have a confession.I like books that make me stop reading.Not because they are boring.Quite the opposite.Because sometimes I am reading a page and suddenly I have to look up and say,“Wait. What?”That happened quite a few times with What the What?!And, honestly, that is probably the best possible reaction to this book.I came to it expecting a book of strange facts, trivia and questions.I got that....
Why Immensa Book Club ?
I pick up my phone to check the time, but put it down say 22 minutes later. I had laughed twice, maybe, learnt nothing (usually), and still did not know what the time is.If you are reading this and smiling, then you have done it too.We keep saying the kids these days can't focus. Have you looked at us? The kids at least are honest about it. We adults have a list of genuine excuses to justify it, o...
Double Slit, Two Selves
Most of us have heard of the double slit experiment.As a refresher, here it is - You fire electrons, one at a time, at a plate with two slits cut into it. Behind the plate is a screen. Common sense says each electron goes through one slit or the other (its a particle), and you should end up with two bands on the screen. Like spray paint through two open windows.That is NOT what you get. You get ma...
Can We Ever Escape the Identity We Inherit? — Am I a Dalit? by Vijhay Sundar K.G., read and reviewed
There are some questions that are asked because we don’t know the answer.And then there are questions we ask because we are afraid of what the answer might mean.Am I a Dalit? belongs to the second category.Vijhay Sundar K.G.’s novel begins in a world where caste is not an abstract idea discussed in textbooks. It is present in families, relationships, social behaviour, humiliation and the choices p...
Messi, Greatness and the Stories We Tell About Success — Messi Mania by Luis Miguel Echegaray, revie
We know how the story ends.That is perhaps the biggest problem with reading about someone like Lionel Messi.We already know the boy from Rosario becomes one of the greatest footballers the world has ever seen. We know about Barcelona. We know the goals, the trophies, the records. We know the heartbreak with Argentina. We know the World Cup finally arrives. We know Paris, and then Miami. We know th...
The Comeback
(part 1 of 4)AbandonedLeft on the street with no guide or map,I picked myself up and closed the gap.They said I was done, said I’d fall and break,I built from the ashes for my own sake.Storms tried to pull me under the tide,I learned to swim with the hurt inside.Scars on my back, but fire in my crown,They left me to sink. But I did not drown.part 1 of 4stay tuned to this channel for the rest.