Posts Tagged ‘ friends ’

India wins the Cricket World Cup after 28 years and I discover something startling about myself.
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I have neglected this blog for way too long but as a new chapter unfolds in my life, I hope to do a better job with my writing routine. For now, it’s time to say thank you.
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Do you really believe that relationships can be devoid of expectations? I know they’d be ideal, but I also know they’re not real.
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Why can’t we let people decide who they want to love and be with? Isn’t it an intimately personal decision?
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An ode to a friendship that has crossed the line into kinship.
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As I bid adieu to 2010, I hope you’ll take the time connect or reconnect with my musings. It’s been a wonderful ride and I look forward to your company in 2011.
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An estimated 100 million people are homeless worldwide. 100 million people who were like you and me at some point in their lives. 100 million people with pasts we readily discount. 100 million people with stories that start with “once upon a time…”
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You see a car I see the people inside You see a plane I see all those different lives Interconnected. You see a building I see relationships Birthdays, deaths And life in between. Inspired by Sam Javanrouh’s picture for October 24 on his blog Daily Dose of Imagery. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2010 Mansi Bhatia
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I’ve always had a hard time explaining ethics. Let me give you an example: why do I think lying is wrong? Because my parents told me so and because my teachers reinforced that idea in elementary and middle school. It was drilled into my being that it’s unethical (at an age when I didn’t…
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1815 IST, September 11, 2001. 6:30 to 7 p.m. was break time. I had been preparing for the Test of English as a Foreign Language and the Graduate Record Examination for three weeks now. The exams were later next month and the pressure to do well intense. If I failed to get a good…
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