Category Culture

Short stories are like hidden gems in the literature landscape. For both the reader and the writer.  In fact, it’s short stories that broke my reading sabbatical that lasted for decades. They were my reentry point into reading. I also…

A parent asked me about my feedback of her child. I gave her the assurance that everything’s fine. She needn’t worry about the progress of her child’s writing skills. I gave her my honest feedback without being too anxious about…

Is listening to audiobooks the same as reading? I know I didn’t consider audiobooks to be reading for the longest time. For that matter, it is only recently I started fully embracing and accepting that ebooks are as legit and…

This is the literary equivalent of the classic question: ‘Which came first, the chicken or the egg?’ There are two groups of people: those who believe writing cannot be learned or taught, and those who believe it can. Before I…

I bring you a ‘Read of the Day,’ a short story, so that we can indulge in the joy of reading. You can visit my site to check a short story for analysis and participate in the discussion in the…

There’s so much I want to cry, pour out, and write…but These were my thoughts while I was going through a flood of emotions while Ryan was fighting for his life in the ICU. The doctors weren’t giving any hope…

Spirituality and art came to my rescue when my beloved Ryan died. For the first few weeks, it was only Christian songs that made sense and brought me tremendous strength and peace that I found nowhere else. I had neither…

We observed Ryan’s 40th Day Memorial Service, celebrating his life with family, friends, and well-wishers. A highly accomplished woman, whom I’ve looked up to since a child, came to me at the end and told me how well I spoke.…

With every passing year (and getting older), I get this increasing urge to go down the spiritual path. The feeling intensifies around the start of a brand new year. This year, I felt it even more intensely. And it took…