May 21, 2022Are you a clock devotee?Or someone like me? — As a child, my alarm clock was my sister rebelling at the top of her voice against the school-going ritual. Her cries informed me how late we were. The speed of pens scratching the answer sheets would tell me how long I’d have to survive in the exam hall. I…Bible1 min readBible1 min read
Oct 10, 2020Member-onlyIf you’re happy and you know itName: Nitin Class: Kindergarten Lesson: Depression Management I remember myself singing and dancing If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands Clap! Clap!! If you’re happy and you know it, Then your face will surely show it. Right in kindergarten They taught us How to show happiness With actions and demonstrations How…Depression3 min readDepression3 min read
Published inunseriouser·Mar 4, 2020The Un-Pep Talk The Writer in You DeservesThe perks of believing in your insignificance. — This little person is you. I-N-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-N-T Yes, you read that right. You’re insignificant. Unimportant. Trivial. Like k in knife. You’re irrelevant. Pointless. Believe that. Better yet, jot it down on a piece of paper and pin it to your work desk or make your phone’s wallpaper out if it. Because…Writing Life3 min readWriting Life3 min read
Published inunseriouser·Feb 24, 2020Many trashed the Netflix show, Grace and Frankie — but here’s what it acedThe good, the bad, the ugly and the awesome! — Starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, the Netflix show, Grace and Frankie, caught my attention immediately for its cliche of a plot — type A meets type B — two women with polarised personalities coming together and trying to work it out. For those who haven’t caught up on the…Netflix5 min readNetflix5 min read
Published inunseriouser·Feb 14, 202015 minutes of Yoga after 90 days of inactivity — Here’s what I learnedThis sounds bad, doesn’t it? I used to do yoga everyday. And write about it too. Ginormous informational guides, infographics and tons of articles. And yet, I left it. Well, I could partly blame it on my nerve infection which made it difficult to perform any pose or exert myself…Yoga3 min readYoga3 min read
May 11, 2019What it means to be a 100% womanIf your blood has 4.99 nmol/L testosterone, then you’re a female. If you happen to fall on the other side of this thin line, like 5.01 nmol/L, then you’re probably a male. That doesn’t make sense, right? How does a percentage of naturally produced hormone dictate if I’m a woman…Sports3 min readSports3 min read
Dec 12, 2016How Sri Lanka Can Transform its HealthcareSri Lanka is an outlier for achieving good health status despite being relatively poor in terms of per-capita income and investments in health. A key reason backing this achievement is free universal health coverage — a range of preventive and curative health services at zero-cost to the user. Although, Sri…Health6 min readHealth6 min read
Jun 19, 2016All This While“Again?” I searched his face for an answer. Found none. Smashing the door, I picked our boy up in my arms and marched out of 5 years of childless and 3 years of loveless, withering marriage. “Things change after a baby.” friends would tell me. Instead, my “man” turned out…Fiction2 min readFiction2 min read
