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…

“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…

Being a Woman or Being a Writer

By Nirmala Pillai

Being a woman, I am already representing the first half of humanity living in my own ecosystem glad to be a female celebrating the difference – with my experiences, histories, myths, needs, social constructs and patterns. Being a woman in India is an irony and a paradox as a writer. It is a raw celebration…

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…

The Journey and The Journal Become One.

By Nirmala Pillai

Nirmala Pillai Guest blogger Life is short, sweet, and eternal, to say and to believe, to fool us. The person living it only knows; others who are part of it, however intimate, cannot experience it as that individual. The second option for that person is to live it. Write it down as a narrative, so…

Well as Wellness Can Be

By Nirmala Pillai

Nirmala Pillai Guest blogger Can any one of us say, “I am so happy the whole day! Forever and ever…” How often we fall into the dark well of anxiety and fear for known or unknown reasons? The body’s reactions drive us to tears and want to quell the negative voices in the head to…