Random. Structured. Haphazard. All Me.
A Tangled Yarn of Thoughts Being Unravelled…
There are many unsolved mysteries in the universe. What existed before the Big Bang? Where do missing Tupperware lids go? Where is that second pair of sock perpetually disappearing to? And perhaps most importantly…at what exact point does a Bengali woman permanently transition into a nightie wearing aunty or a Maashima/Kakima for those who would... Continue Reading →
Almost two months ago my father suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It was touch and go for quite a while but he always managed to stop himself from crossing the border into a much more difficult space; for him and for us. And now he's back home. Part of his rehabilitation is listening to... Continue Reading →
I'm no Latin scholar but I can wield the search engines pretty effectively and know exactly which keywords I want. And what I wanted was something that meant, " The absurd makes sense", and Google delivered with Ratio in Absurdo viz the 'reason in the absurd'. Art by Jesus Hernandez Why this sudden foray into... Continue Reading →
I muse. Often. And while I was musing over my life-sustaining elixir this morning, I realized that 2025 has really been the year of 'car conversations' for me. For the uninitiated, a 'car conversation' is simply a conversation that you have had while in a car or while someone else is in a car and... Continue Reading →
TO is studying psychology in high school. I use the word studying very lightly. The mere thought of studying and revising before exams acts better than a sedative ever could. And while he is reportedly awake, alert and participating in class; he does a very thorough impression of someone suffering from amnesia whenever he's asked... Continue Reading →
Last night my family and I sat down with a gift that TO's going to be giving it to a friend for her birthday. It's a fun game called Pun Intended. The way it works is this- there are flashcards with an image on one side. This image is meant to represent a phrase or... Continue Reading →
It's a bit of an addiction of mine to attempt the Wordle first thing in the morning. Follow that up by checking the news. Today the news contained this- Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath singer and godfather of heavy metal, dead at 76. Now I'm not a metalhead by any stretch of the imagination. Got into... Continue Reading →
It's quite fitting that this particular post is centered around keeping calm and doing something; especially now. There has been turmoil in the world for a while now and it's recently come to our doorstep. Never a good thing even when we are sitting comfortably far away from the where the danger actually lies. But... Continue Reading →
Random. Structured. Haphazard. All Me. 