Rains…
It brings forth,
The memories
Of droplets and its smell,
Of the drenched feeling,
Of the wet clothes
Clinging to the soul.
The vision
Of hot tea and bites
Of black umbrellas and raincoats
Of couples clinging
Together beneath
The colors of
The grey clouds
The dark greens
and the monsoon reds
I had previously read all of the books from Preeti Shenoy and had loved it. Hence when this book came out, I was very eager to buy it. But the theme of ‘unrequited love’ and ‘moving on’ did not appeal to me. Two weeks ago, when I ordered few easy-read books for inspiration, I ended up buying this book.
Blurb:
How long does it take to heal a broken heart? Can you ever forget that one perfect relationship you had? Anjali knows who she wants, she wants Aman. Aman too knows who he wants, he wants Shruti. Shruti and Aman were once inseparable. Theirs was a love that would last forever and more. Then, out of the blue, Shruti left Aman. A devastated Aman moved abroad in the hope of forgetting Shruti and to heal. Shruti married Rishabh. Now Aman is back in India and looking for a fresh start. But he is still haunted by memories of his love. Can he ever break free from it? His head tells him to move on, to find love with Anjali, but his heart wont listen. No matter what he does, Shruti’s shadow looms large. Can there be a happily-ever-after for any of them? A straight-from-the-heart modern-day romance of unrequited love, of complicated relationships and about moving on when you realise that there will always be the one you cannot have.
I have already blogged about writer’s block before, here and there. But the Write Tribe community has asked to do it again, and here I am. The prompt actually made me introspective, asking myself my fresh and current take on the subject. I realize that main reasons for not blogging is indeed the overwhelming activity of other bloggers who blog daily and churn posts within hours on a given prompt. Especially after the A to Z challenge where I found alarming number of Indian bloggers creating awesome posts, where as I was struggling to catch up daily. So was jealousy the reason? More prominently, it was the self-doubt. I did hinted at it in the previous post.
After finding the reasons, I move to find out what all I do to bounce back.
Some call it free write, but what I imply is to post about something which you are busy with. Are you reading a book? Blog about it. Were you busy with your kid, husband or other office problems? Rant about it.Taking some photos? Do a photo post. Searching in Google and getting lost in Facebook? Post about it.
Got some 2-3 easy read books to start with and see where the path leads on. Currently reading the latest book by Preeti Shenoy.
I watched two movies the past week, 2 states and Highway. Both were pending on my list. These days, I am fan of the latest crop of actors. They do fairly well. The scripts are good and ways of story telling is also different.
Some say opportunities do not come to people who sit idle. Inspired by Jaya Narayan whom I met few months ago, I started asking on Facebook forums for some leads on whatever I was stuck in. Be it photography, or something else. You may get some answers or sometimes none. Either way, its worth a try. Facebook should be useful once in a while, na?
I started off July photo challenge in Instagram to see whether I like photography challenge better or the writing one. I had done the latter before, and wanted to see whether I enjoyed doing photo challenge equally. The medium of phone photography was a relatively easy way to start with. I can always summarize them into blog posts later. If you are twitter freak, you can compile the important tweets you made or the links you shared into a blog post.
Leaving you with a Hangout video conducted by SHEROES on writing career. You may not be looking at writing as a career, but there are plenty of advices on writing principles.
Note: The video is good only after the initial hiccups which goes on for first 12-13 minutes, so be prepared for it.
This would be an ongoing bookmark list, which may grow over time.
Along with Dastkar and Kala Madhyam,which is famous on its own among craft-lovers, Sampoorn Santhe is one fair I look forward to in Bangalore for its collection of arts and crafts. Mostly this happens at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, the arts college of Bangalore at Kumara Krupa Road. Both times I visited the fair before in the previous years, it was for shopping. The beauty of handmade has its own charm, while the prices are kept affordable. The craftsmen come directly from different parts of the country and sell the craft products directly to the customers. Continue reading →
I started photowalking on May 1st. It was at the K R Market, Bangalore city centre.
Immediately after the A-Z challenge, I enrolled in this photo walk, so as to not lose the momentum of getting myself involved in something. But mostly, this was a weekend offering. Street photography was not something I would ever tried my hands on all by myself. Even in groups, I find it hard to break the ice. Hence as much as I enjoy the crowd, and could visualise the pictures, I end up either failing to paint them, or painting differently because of my shyness or my limited technical knowledge.
But I realized its okay. Every photographer from the past has been doing that. In my search of bettering my photos, I stumbled upon two famous street photographers, Dannyand Eric Kim. Their posts too showed that they had the fear of strangers. Yay! I had company.Continue reading →
