For Productive Writing in 2023 – What I’m doing

By Vandana Sehgal

No, I am not participating in NaNoWriMo 2023 to upgrade my productivity. That’s not my cup of tea. I am working on my third book, and I’m making my own rules for my writing plans. For all those who don’t know, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. Usually, writers and novelists all over the world…

Centering the Brain

By Chandrika

Chandrika R Krishnan Guest Blogger  From time immemorial, left-brained people are considered logical, analytical, and methodical, while right-brained people are supposed to be creative, disorganized, and artistic. Though this theory has been refuted the stereotypes continue and people still view creative people as illogical, emotional, and women! Our education system too gives more weightage to the…

Letter to a Parent

By Vandana Sehgal

Hello, my dear parent There’s something we all need to remember Happiness in life isn’t a given. No matter how much we protect our child and do best to keep happy, sadness is an emotion to experience to value happiness. No matter how much we love our child, finding love of life is the sweetest…

Parenting Practices and Cultural Amalgamation

By Vandana Sehgal

Sweden was my first international move with a nine-year-old daughter. It was in many ways courageous on my part to leave the comfort of familiarity and enter disruption. This was also my first exposure to an international culture that was drastically different in many ways. In my stay in India for 37 years, I always…

My Grandmother…

By Deepthi Krishnan

Deepthi Krishnan Guest Blog I always remember her dressed in the typical traditional Kerala “set mundu” that was pristine and starched worn with a plain white blouse. The rudraksha on her neck, her soft eyes, and that benign smile – made her carry the impression of a living goddess to everyone who met her. Her…

Fall in Love with the Writer Within

By Arti Pushpendra

Vandana Sehgal and Arti Pushpendra Co-Author Valentine’s day or the month of February is a great reminder to fall in love with yourself. And when it is done through the process of writing it attracts multiple positive results. Writing is a form of self-love practice that everyone can do. Not everybody can write, yet anyone…