Thanks to social-media and what’s been told…a lot of people think putting cucumber slices on your eyes, putting some music on and stretching your legs while sipping on a colada on the beach is ‘SELF-CARE’. I hated the idea of being so self-absorbed and giving self-importance. Yes, you do need your mental peace and me-time…
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I’m sitting on the floor mat made of twigs and thread; and as I’m writing this, my gluteus muscles are screaming in discomfort. Every half an hour or an hour, I look to my left and talk to the plants, in the little indoor garden I’ve created in my room. I never saw my room…
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A short story on “The Chest full of Nothings” In a Victorian building, with a family of four, was living an old wooden chest; strangely never opened. He sat in the living room, accompanying the ornamental furnitures, royal carpets, chandelier lamps and expressively still statues. Everyone who passed by noticed everything except the chest. It…
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All your firsts are special—first day of school, first time using a pen or getting your hair coloured, first time frying or baking a bread, first time going on a date or quarantined, first …. (long list, fill at your own leisure). First own hair cut. Even saying that makes me happy. The sound of…
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एक रंगीन सफ़ेदी- A Hindi Poetry; Use Google Translate to understand **An ode to my devotion for HANUMAN** मेरी ज़िद है वो,मेरे धड़कन को हिम्मत दे वो;मेरे आसमान का रंग भी वो,वो हौसला ही नहीं, मेरी जुनून भी वो। मैं ना सोच के भी सोचूँउन्ही की छवि के बारे में।वो इस तरह समा गए ज़हन…
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Living in the routine, sometimes we get so busy that we don’t even realize when and how our morning went and we’re already dressed for work and leaving home. Until we board the lift and (unconsciously pause to) take a deep breath of sigh (provided you’re not looking into your phone). I’m sure, staying at…
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In the midst of all the social distancing from Corona it’s a good time to look inward. Where else would be the best place to find that power?
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A world where everyone is a super hero!
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‘Hide And Seek’ ..A poetry piece on— ‘how I met my sly cat?’ Hiding in plain sight,Was this sly little cat— A voice in my head hissing;“You’re lost and I’m here to find you I’m here, look at meYou’re looking for me and that’s all you need.”I stop in the middle of the day, as I…
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“I am looking out of a glass piece,Wondering what to see.The circles of light on the edge of my eye;The green grass; or the spotless sky. Something tells me the wind feels good;Something tells me the sound of a blue bird.Whatever I choose to see, I will miss something,So is life just a pile of…
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I was sharing the news of my friend’s marriage getting fixed, with someone and they went- “oh! Good things happen to good people!” I agreed with this notion until they said it that day. I thought to myself, what makes someone good or bad and who is judging us anyway? Does karma brand people with…
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It’s 7:15AM and it’s my last window to quickly reach the gym; but the weather has gifted me a runny nose this Christmas and I just won’t stop sneezing. So I miss my workout fourth day in a row. I could die of guilt at this point or fret about losing muscle mass, losing momentum…
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Oranges are such versatile fruits. It can easily be incorporated in many dishes! I had this salad at The Lazy Suzy (Bangalore, India) where they put citrus fruit segments in their salad along with beet root. It tasted heavenly. In your leafy green salads don’t shy away from adding orange segments to it. You can…
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Every morning I stand on my mom’s head for making her have tisané (brew recipes) and stop having her morning cup of milk tea for the caffeine kick. It is really bad and why I have mentioned in my previous post of Tisane Over Chai. I prefer these healing brew recipes anytime and I’m not a…
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रोज़ की तरह एक सुबह, मैं
छत पर, सूर्य के उगने की आस में खड़ी थी।…….
To watch the entire Spoken word performance visit the Instagram handle @mycoffeeweather
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If you don’t workout at all then this read is going to make you super happy to join the fitclub; If you’ve just started off, then maybe you can learn from my mistake; If you’re a crazy hardcore killer-of-workouts, breaker of PRs and mother of all flash diets then you definitely need to read this.…
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Spinning on the dresser chair with half my body hanging in the air, I would eye my mother’s cosmetics, every time she was setting her room up: one of my time passing activities as a kid (because there were no gadgets and the television was timed). I loved fiddling with all her stuff, especially the…
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ये पीली shirt पे लगे, चाई का दाग़
ने मुझे, वो याद दिला दिया।……..
To watch th entire Spoken Word performance visit Instagram profile @mycoffeeweather
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There were so many times, I recall, coming home from school I would run to get my hands on the remote before my cousins and siblings, just so I could watch National geographic on TV. It was slow with this deep voice saying something in an accent I didn’t understand, but it felt almost meditative.…
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In one of those weekly fights with my elder sister (when we were really young), for a change my mom had taken her side. I was furious and not knowing how to channel my anger, I put some home-made scrub into the back pockets of her jeans, that were hanging behind the bathroom door. That…
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