To Not Be a Man!

By Abha Mehta

Abha Mehta Guest blogger #loveofwriting I have often wondered if my life would be easier if I were not a woman. I do not think I have all the answers even after spending more than five decades on this planet, but I sure feel it would be a lot different from what it is now.…

Let This One Go

By Gayatri

Gayatri Guest blogger I was making rotis today. They are these special kinds of marathi rotis which are a cross between a roti and a paratha. I will tell you how it’s supposed to be Crisp, soft, layered, hot & perfectly round and fluffed up.It’s heaven to eat this perfection even without any side dish.I.e.…

From The Future

By Smeetha Bhoumik

Smeetha Bhoumik Guest blogger #loveofwriting She remembers it as a large airy room with ample sunlight splashing the pearl-white walls with gold, the windows covered with flower laden trellises. Looking in from the future after so many seasons of rain and shine, birth and death, it appears like a gently bobbing assemblage of artefacts, notions,…

Woven Love

By Nirmala Pillai

Nirmala Pillai Guest blogger #loveofwriting Delhi shivered in the late December cold. She curled deeper into her worn out, old woollens, layered to cover her frail body. The second-hand heater donated by an NGO seeing her pitiable condition, glowed dimly, emanating a faint warmth. From the nearby church, she heard the faint echoes of bells…

Why Do I Write?

By Dr. Romila Chitturi

Dr. Romila Chitturi Guest blogger #loveofwriting My life’s initial journey was to find a passion, and I found it. As I look back on my school days in 1996, I realize that all throughout those long years, I was searching for something. I was trying to find my true self, trying to find my calling.…

“Who Decides Whether Something is Good or Bad?”

By Preity Rashmi

Preity Rashmi Guest blogger #loveofwriting This human society and the customized world of rules have chained an age of abundant theories and their consequences on general spectators.  Biting nails amidst the crowded school assembly, a girl is punished for violating the cleanliness rule and is slapped in front of her friends and strangers. She is…