Mar 15Member-onlyDating my co-worker was a huge mistakeOffice romance taught me important lessons. I was 21 when I graduated and stepped into the real world. It was very liberating, finally having a path in life and making money and aiming for being a better professional and a better person. I had landed myself a job that honestly…Relationships5 min read
Mar 13I married a treeHi, I am Ria, and I am from Lucknow — a small busy town in Uttar Pradesh, India. I have a great job and a good home with a really cute cat, Chichi. At 31, what I didn’t have was a husband. I never fret about it but my family…Marriage6 min read
May 21, 2021My space missionSPACE as dictionary defines it is ‘a continuous area or expanse which is free, available, or unoccupied’. Yet it’s so difficult to understand what it means for different people. Till the time I was living with my family I did not have much comprehension for what my space was. Indian…Personal Growth3 min read
May 3, 2020‘Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum’Don’t let the bastards grind you down — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale I am not much of a fan for contemporary novels. I tried but I cannot get though any of those literatures which otherwise are deemed magnificent. I started reading The Handmaid’s Tale because I was following Margaret…Book Review3 min read
Oct 10, 2019One Day @ Kuala LumpurThe best part about being in Singapore is that it opens the doorways to all the South East Asian jewels for us to relish and explore. My first trip from Singapore was to Kuala Lumpur. We left on Friday night and reached KL on Saturday early morning. After catching up…Travel6 min read
Jul 2, 2019Somebody to Nobody to SomebodyHow difficult can it be moving countries ? I was very excited to move on from India to Singapore. I had been lately dreaming about this. I in a completely different set up, meeting new people, learning new ways and finding my own path amongst this chaos. Things which would…Life Lessons3 min read
May 25, 2019Why I Tossed my To-Do List AwayI am a procrastinator. I wanted to change that, and after reading articles about it and writing one myself, I came up with a simple strategy. I decided to make a “To-Do List” and with a target to accomplish at-least 70 percent of it.I got a fancy diary with beautiful…Productivity3 min read
Jul 22, 2018Temporarily closed for self maintenanceIts funny how in-spite of reading/ reminding / telling yourself one thing again and again that “you are the pilot of your own life” you end up doing exactly the opposite. You gladly give someone else the control of your life, thoughts and present. At-least that is exactly what I…Self Improvement4 min read
Jul 2, 2018Half FriedLately I have been finding myself in a position where I am Half doing things. That is an extremely bad English for saying I am not completing what I have started. I even left this article at the last full stop, before picking it up again a day after. Now…Procrastination2 min read
May 6, 2018Belonging to NO cityI am 26. I still don’t know who I truly am. I am still finding my individuality and my definition. Question is : Is it really a bad thing? I have a heart and mind which are NEVER in sync. Although I am still struggling to be comfortable in this…Travel2 min read
