Category: Thoroughly Mundane

  • The Befitting Fit.

    The Befitting Fit.

      #PerfectFit When I hear Perfect fit, I wonder, going from micro to macro… being physically fit, wearing clothes that fit, then moulding to fit into a community. there are parameters, of perfection Ellen Hopkins puts in perfectly. “HOW do you define a word without concrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, so…

  • World Hijaab Day

    image courtesy google My sister and I were in the Bombay local, it was just after Eid. Since my burn scars were visible I had taken to wearing the Hijaab.  Hijaab is the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women. At Dadar, a woman entered since it was a…

  • Time wrapped.

    A shaft of sunlight pierced the dark clouds, and Hema looked up to see a silver lining, it’s a sign she thought. They quietly stood by watching Tukra digging the spot, the spade hit the casket and it clanged.  As they brought the casket up, there was the ringing only the way the modern telephone…

  • Understanding Belief systems.

    Belief systems. When people ask us what is hypnosis we try to explain that we are belief enhancers. By definition belief is – conviction of the truth of some statement or reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence. Mainstream psychology and related disciplines have traditionally treated belief as if…

  • Must have been love

    Rushing through to catch the flight she realized was early, and sat down for the much needed cup of coffee, the man before her definitely a has been, fifty going on fifteen. Something very familiar about him.  He looked up at her, there seem to be an anticipation of recognition. “Aren’t you, Jojo’s sister?” “yes,”…

  • Voice of silence

    Voice of silence

    Silence… thought Amba was amazing and versatile, like the wonderful silence just before dawn, or the quiet and calm just as the storm ends. There was the silence when we haven’t the answer to a question we have been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a…