We’ve all been there: that stinging comment, the friend’s dismissive tone, the coworker’s barbed criticism. It happens in a flash – our heart races, our cheeks burn, and suddenly, the world revolves around that one perceived slight. We take it...
A conversation I had with my aunts [both live abroad & have been away for quite a few years. They do visit India, and their families once or twice a year] where we were talking about how we have all either changed or evolved, and how we are unable to connect with...
Over the last few years, I’ve been writing quite a few blog posts around this topic – “Dealing with a narcissistic parent”. Here is one that has ten points that you can note down & use. [If you click on NPD, or narcissism, Narcissistic...
Human behaviour has always always fascinated me. And among those is how one person influences another – be it an opinion they have about a person or place, food, clothes etc. During my recent visit to Chennai, caught up with a friend & during the course of...
There’s a magic to meeting special friends. It’s a reunion of laughter lines shared, secrets whispered, and adventures etched in memory. Like stepping into a sun-drenched room after a long winter, their presence warms you from the inside out. Time ceases...
The wheels touch down, and I breathe. I have landed in what used to be “Home”. Or at least, that’s what the GPS claims. Yet, as I step out into the air thick with a scent that should trigger comfort, a dissonance hums beneath my skin. The landscape,...
