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Tag: motherhood

I am a mother, a proud mother of two lovely children – a son and a daughter. They fill my world with joy. They complete me. Whenever I write about motherhood, it’s one the most surreal and fulfilling experiences that I have as a writer. Sometimes, I surprise myself. Sometimes, I ponder and record what I have experienced. Here’s to motherhood – it’s joys, challenges and everything that it is!

The Wonder in Your Eyes

September 15, 2012March 18, 2016

A child’s curiosity and sense of wonder is unparalleled. The wonder, which one witnesses as a father or a mother, in a child, is expressed here in a poem.

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I Want to Fly on the Time Machine

December 13, 2011April 20, 2015

Time Travel is quite fantasy like. Presenting one perspective through a story – of two people and their perception of human life.

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Child, a Passing Thought

September 28, 2011March 18, 2016

The guilt a mother faces after she admonishes her child expressed through poetry.

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Motherhood

March 8, 2011March 18, 2016

A mother speaks to a new-born on what maternity meant and the change the child ushered in her life.

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Pride

December 21, 2010November 7, 2014

It’s such joy and pride to see your little one grow up, taking one step at a time. Trust me, the pride you feel at every stage of progress is priceless. There’s nothing more beautiful in this world than the experience of being with your child. I wrote this when my son turned three and was kind of settling down into school. He had the typical separation anxiety and did throw tantrums but he overcame that and did me proud in ways more than one!

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Categories: Essays

Mothers and Daughters

August 7, 2009November 7, 2014

This story will probably be my first step to writing a novel/novella. It remains the longest short story that I have ever written. There is a whole lot packed into this story – the relationship between mothers and daughters, a wife and her husband, Carnatic Music, human nature and realisation. It’s the story of Jhanavi, Leela and Vaidehi – women belonging to three different generations.

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Many Dreams and a Promise

January 14, 2008November 6, 2014

Written a month after my son’s birth, this essay is quite literally full of dreams, the dreams of a new mother. Enough said. Take a peek into my dreams for my son and myself!

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Me, Her and Our Worlds Together

May 30, 2006November 3, 2014

When a single mother brings up a child, she goes through several emotions and experiences. What does the landscape of her life look like? When I began imagining and writing, it was this short story that found its way into paper.

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Co-founder & Co-editor of the online literary magazine, Spark. Author of 'Fragments of the Whole', a flash-fiction collection and 'Ways Around Grief & Other Stories', a short-story collection. Creative specialist with expertise in content strategy and management, editing and magazine design.

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