Back when I had first thought of becoming a teacher, I had no plans to make teaching my main career. I was definitely interested in dabbling in it but I thought I would primarily be a psychotherapist. My first year, rather my first week of being a teacher however solidified my interest and I knew…
Be still my heart. This restlessness is ill timed.
Braving the Wilderness: Book Review
Rarely has it happened that I have been so conflicted about a book. I absolutely loved most of what is in it, despite the repetition of content from the author’s previous books, yet I also felt really uneasy about a significant aspect of this book. I’ll discuss each one separately. Brown talks about belongingness, vulnerability…
Second last week
Does it ever get easier, saying goodbye to students? Or does one’s heart feel equally heavy when bidding goodbye to one’s 10th batch as it does for one’s first? A series of lasts has begun with the current graduating batch in our department, a batch I taught in their first semester, and that I returned…
Permission letter
It’s ok to want to be rescued. It’s ok to let another person take over, and bring you up. It’s ok to allow love to heal you, complete you. It’s not at odds with feminism Wanting to be free from the chains of patriarchy is not at odds With acknowledging one’s vulnerability and seeking help…
Book Review: The Power of Moments
“Why do we remember certain experiences and forget others?” That’s what this book is all about. It’s about uncovering what makes defining moments stand out and how we can create more of them! Yes this book discusses the idea that we don’t have to wait for defining moments to happen. We can be the authors…
What a beautiful day!
It’s a beautiful morning. There’s a gentle breeze and it’s sunny but mostly pleasant weather. I’m sitting in my balcony and reading, the best way to start a new day. A few days ago a student gave me a 2014 issue of Reader’s Digest to read for she thought I would like the cover story…
Strange couple of weeks
It’s been a strange couple of weeks. It seems all I have done is check assignments, check practical reports, and check class tests, in addition to the standard losing hair and putting on weight. I have also repeatedly engaged in impulse shopping and impulse ordering-in food for 5 people even though I live alone. It’s…
Book Review: Yes Please
I was afraid this book would let me down. I love Leslie Knope (from Parks and Recreation), and by extension was curious to find out more about Amy Poehler. I was afraid that I had too many expectations out of this book, that I had built it up too much in my head, but thankfully…
How much longer?
Unshed tears and heavy heart. Dreams in limbo and throat parched. A lifetime spent waiting. In a trembling voice I ask, When will our life start? Or is it a cruel twist of fate? Making this The best of what we will ever have? Ah mortality, you great leveller.
A Rain of Moments 