A round up of our year, with a solemn promise of being more regular with our posts.
Of Banyans and Geo-tags
A heartfelt post about our efforts to save 914 Banyan trees from being felled for a highway expansion project.
Solitude
A 7-year-old post about solitude which makes more sense today
Pop Musi(c)ngs and Weight (non)Loss
How Imagine Dragon’s Believer is helping me through my frustrating weight (non) loss journey
Pop Musi(c)ngs on Relationships
Listening to Halsey’s Without Me led me to some deep thinking about relationships
A Year of Personality Adjustment
Sharing how personal loss and the pandemic forged serious personality adjustment in me.
Happiness in the Pandemic
Restarting the blogs with a small picture story of moments of joy in an unrelentingly challenging year of the global pandemic
Battling Lockdown Blues
A fun short with an important message that we made
Joy happens… Or does it?
In pursuit of joy
Navigating Stressful Times
Finding sanity in a volatile world
Sorry, Inner Child!
Forgiveness starts with self…
Forgive Me, Father, for I Have Goofed — Praying for Eyebrowz
Reposting a funny piece…
Angel’s Touch
Meet-cute fueled by compassion
Let’s Talk
Let’s reclaim talk and real connections
Love Shack On the Beach
A weekend getaway that involved a hideous villa with florescent night skies painted on the ceiling
Notes on Everyday Compassion
The different shades of loving kindness
A New Earth in Medicine (Healing as Becoming Whole)
Yes, healing can go deeper than suppressing symptoms.
Vengeance is Hers
A scary tale for the spooky month!
Beyond the Pale Parabola of Joy…
Why stop at joy if bliss is an option?
World Mental Health Day
A children’s book with a big message for all of us, on World Mental Health Day
The Unbearable Joy of Change
A few hacks on how to make change fun
The (Loud) Soundtrack to My Struggle with Faith — Longreads
After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Anna Gazmarian grapples with her evangelical upbringing, and finds solace in screamo music. The (Loud) Soundtrack to My Struggle with Faith — Longreads Beautifully written!
Greta’s Angst, Dr. Davidson’s (re) Discovery and an Ancient Verse
Is it too late to save ourselves?
Let’s Ask… And Talk
A serious topic that we often don’t know how to discuss or have the courage to.
Dr. Stress Buster
A simple hack to combat anxiety, served with a dollop of humor!
5 Tips to Reclaim Your Time
Let’s end the tyranny of “no time.”
Shame, Shame, Puppy Shame!
Our guest writer explores the insidious nature of shaming.
Expert Speak – “Mental Health Hacks are Simple, Not Easy”
An experienced psychotherapist speaks about mental health conditions and prejudices in India
Mindful Cooking
Resolving a lifetime of troubled relationship with food
27 Days of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy…Or Something Like It!
Affirmations and visualizations to help us rewire automatic beliefs
Happiness is…#3
Story of a happy evening spent with dosas…
Laura the Warrior – Tales from the Trenches
About Laura, who is fighting Anorexia and Depression everyday
Where do you go when you are heartbroken?
A video-blog on walking my blues away…
From the diary of an anxious person…
A first-hand account of living with Anxiety on a daily basis from our guest contributor
Don’t Be That Person!
A primer on how not to be an asshole listerner
Chala Pudhe – Move on!
About the tyranny of moving on and the freedom of confronting unhappiness
Appa Dearest
A short story about messed up childhood and relationship with parents
I’m fat and I’m dealing with it – everyday!
An unvarnished account of my inner struggles with my fatness all my life
Top 6 Happiness Hacks!
World’s Top 6 Happiness Hacks, as shared by 276 people from 8 countries!
“Happiness is a warm puppy.” ― Charles M. Schulz
Voice of 276 respondents from 8 countries for our Happiness Survey!
Birding Ahoy!
A tete-a-tete with our feathered friends!
Watercolor Tales 23: Quiet Dignity
Courage is when “you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway”
The Gaze
The curious gaze
Watercolor Tales 22: Indomitable Spirit
Standing her ground
Watercolor Tales 21: Waiting for the Bus
Women who run Mumbai
Eerie
A moody, broody piece
Celebration
Capturing the possibilities
Chrysanthemums
Capturing the valiant hopes of flowers of our window garden
Beatles and Birds of Prey
We reached Naukuchiatal around 3:00 p.m. on the last day of our trip to Corbett-Pangot-Sattal. We had been walking all day around Sattal. We’d had a very forgettable meal in one of the shacks on the lakeside. We had spotted dozens of birds, none of which we could ID. Our feet were tired and our hearts were…
The Bickering Sibia
It happens in every aspiring birder’s life that there is one “Moby Dick” bird that just eludes capture in the camera. The birder goes mad, diving into bushes, rushing into other people’s backyards, jumping down a cliff with nary a thought of his own safety and chanting the bird’s name in his sleep. It was…
Blue Whistling Thrush 