Author: Karina Pandya

It’s easy to hide behind pretense, Comfort yourself with just one more lie Happiness is an illusion, isn’t it? Chasing behind it, we build up this fence It’s chasing behind me…    It’s making me tense I am trying to find a way out, But there’s none I can find! They tell me to be strong, they tell me to cheer up, But I’m frozen in myself, frozen against time.  Despondent and deluded,  I wish I were free; If only I just knew how, Knew how it would feel …  Happiness – an emotion, something I could never be.  Normal…

I was too young when my life was uprooted,  I was left lost, confused and bewildered Who was I, where did I belong and where was I heading?  I had no clue… I was too young to understand what was happening to me. However, one thing was certain and that was …  I had to let go. Let go of the life that I once knew.  Let go of ama’ and brother And all the childhood dreams…   memories that I had back home; Start a life all over again;  With a new beginning  and  fresh hope that, My once…

Have you ever seen a chimpanzee taking a dog for a walk or an elephant keeping a tortoise for company? Sounds pretty bizarre, doesn’t it?  Or expand this bizarreness and imagine being obsessively photographed by a guinea pig! These things can never happen and are things we, humans are guilty of affectionately doing for the love of our pets! While many people prefer to have dogs or cats as pets, there are many other choices such as fish, small birds, turtles, rabbits, etc. They differ according to their maintenance levels; from the lowest maintenance pets to low maintenance pets, medium…

So, you’ve finally decided to get a pet! Now, if you are a little open-minded, set aside your typical ‘cat and dog person’ mentalities and explore the world of possible domestic animals that you can have. Of course, what is important to remember is the cost factor and the amount of time that you can invest in you pet. They usually say that the type of animal that you choose has some similarity to your personality or the characteristics that you have; and while maybe this could be true to an extent, its very important not to get swayed by…

​”​Realisation settled in, When a plethora of emotions  flowed on in; She broke free from her mundane routine ​A new life awaits her, Her head held high ​ ​ as could possibly be. One,​where she could be free!” ​

A trickling drop of water drips from the faucet, I know its just another drop into Life’s gigantic and over-sized bucket. Time’s moving swiftly, yet; I squeeze the tap shut, as much as I can, And get on with my day. I close my eyes, take a deep breath in and begin the day. But, I get a sudden and startling kind of head rush. “Slow down, life, you’re going too fast”, “I need to catch up! You’re going to fast”. First, it’s a drip; then it’s a drop; the faucet gets loose all over again.   Pitter, patter, splitter,…

How often has it happened that you’ve tried to live your life to please; Someone, of course, who suffers from a twisted disease? How often have you wanted to become a person that “THEY” wanted? Begged for their acceptance, your own voice completely stunted? How often have your egos been bruised and shattered? Feelings of self-esteem and pride left torn, twisted and tattered? Trivial as they are, they may run deep; Narcissistic Injuries can play on your minds for years, months and weeks! Psychic wounds left deep inside your minds To heal against time,  So, stand up before it gets…

Everyone has been given the discretion to live his/her life the way they want to, But how many of us fall as prisoner to norms of society or in other ways, ‘socially acceptable standards of living’? Our mind is perhaps the greatest gift that we have, A gift, which can empower us or even imprison us- Our lives are meant to be lived with purpose, keeping definitive goals in mind; However, the negativities of the world creep up from all sides; often preventing us from reaching our potential. Our ability to think; the powerful tool that we possess i.e. ‘thought…

Italian food is something I just can’t resist and that’s what motivated me to go for this event at FratelliFresh, Renaissance Hotel Powai. When I heard that the chef Christain Puglisi (half Italian, half Norwegian, raised Danish chef) was Italian and was about to launch a revamped menu I knew this Italian cuisine was going to be extremely authentic! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxWlV-aB1t4&w=320&h=266] The event, which began at 7PM sharp and went on till 10.30 had many bloggers attending the event so that they could do what their passion was and that, was blogging! Being a writer my profession and blogger as hobby,…

Everything has an expiry date They say good things don’t last forever, only memories do But how long is FOREVER, doesn’t that even have an expiration date? Even in your darkest hour when you pull out that memory from its safety place and try to remember those people, those days, those times YOU CANNOT Bring it back! Everything in life has an expiry date, We have to realise that. We live in this safety cocoon where we believe that NOTHING can happen to us, But the reality is that we cannot protect ourselves from everything, Everything that comes our way…