Chupke Chupke...Shhhh..

Today we were talking about a tamil movie, "Nayagan", starring Kamal Hassan. There was a scene where he was beaten up and I was screaming "They are beating appa up"(in tamil ofcourse). My dad had to take me out as I was distrubing others and embarassing my mom and him. I have no recollection of the movie or this incident but my mother would always narrate this incident to me laughing at my reaction to a movie. The next memory I retain of watching movie in theatre, infact my first movie experience that I remember, was on my parents' wedding anniversary. We went to watch the hindi movie, Saudagar. It was a cute Romeo-Juliet kind of a movie with lovely songs. Songs which we still hum with fond memories. I would have been 6-7 years old at that time. Then, my next memorable movie was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. For most of the time, movies were an all-family event. This movie was the first one that was only mom-daughter date. I cried so much through the movie and Amma was...

At the onset of December, I had made up my mind to stay consistent with my writing. Writing atleast a couple of lines each day to get out of my slump. I have already missed 3 days, but I am not counting, because I have written far more than I would have written if I had not kept that as a benchmark. I have written more in these 16 days than I have in the last 2 years. It has been extremely satisfying. I had also kept up a goal to read 2 pages a day every day. Ofcourse I did not keep it up, but I did finish one book - The Lazy Genius by Kendra Adachi and 5-6 chapters of Chris Miller's The Chip War(which I keep calling Chip wars like star wars). I had one more goal to listen to 1 audiobook this year. I am already on to my second this year. One was non-violent communication and now it is a fictional one - Never lie. The next on my list was learning Korean words. I started with Duolingo last December and have been keeping streak since then. One letter and one word at a time. It has ...

It has been 3 years now since Appa and I started our morning walk routine. He does not miss a single day, and hence, I do not miss a single day either. It is nice to have that routine in my life when it is easy to idle away in the mornings instead of going out for a walk. The 2 rounds of 0.8 km around the lake near my home is filled with conversations, old and new. Some childhood stories from him, some updates on recent serials, sometimes sports updates and my office rants or news. I feel that time is very special because we are both without our phones and TV and hence have our full attention on each other. It is very nice to look forward to every morning where we could walk and talk. When I head to office, I do not join him, but then it feels like something is missing on days that I do not make it. Over the last 4 days, while I did not go to office, I could not still join him for a walk as I was still limping and recovering from my fall. I was conscious of my efforts to climb the ...

I am sitting with my laptop and playing on my phone the End of an Era docuseries on 13th December, which is Taylor's birthday. I am a 40 year old who is fan girling and following everything that this amazing person is doing. I love that I got to experience the Eras tour in a movie theatre where I could enjoy it with popcorn. I am not one who like crowds, I am not someone who can spare so much time to go out and attend a concert live with so much energy all around. As much as I love the music and the energy, nah, it is not for me to attend live concerts. So when the movie came out, I wore my most expensive piece of clothing, my TS Sweater and went all alone to the movie theatre. My first time ever alone at a theatre wondering if it would be odd. But God, no. I had a lot of folks walk up to me complimenting my sweater and asking where I got it. I was surrounded by women and girls and kids who came in to experience the same magic. It was a safe space. So today, as I sit and listen a...

I thought I would put up my top 5 TS songs as of Dec 2025 because it will 100% keep changing. 1. All too Well - Like she mentioned on Stephen Colbert Show, yup , the 10-minute version is best to let out an emotional cry. I may not have a broken heart now, but I can imagine her hurt and I feel that hurt and I can listen to the song and feel the emotions and sometimes even cry thinking about heartbreak that is not there in reality, but an imaginary heartbreak just to let out a good cry. I dont know if you can understand that, but I would highly recommend being angry and sad at someone through this song. 2. Love Story - I think this was the first song I heard of Taylor and loved it and still do! This is the most romantic song as a young adult and makes you dream of all the sweetness in the world, waiting for someone to sweep you off your feet and be together happily ever after. She sold that dream and that fantasy. I still love the song for the time it takes me back to. 3. Anti...

This year I have invested in learning of all formats. I have taken up an executive learning course on Change Management. Then I went on to get 4 SAP Certifications. I have also taken up an Industry Certification. Had 2 Go-Lives on my project, started a new project. And if you havent looked through my earlier posts, you should know that I have extensively played around with GenAI on writing, image creations, videos and everything else. Absolutely loving how technology is evolving, so I have invested in learning, tinkering with these tools and absolutely enjoying the possibilities that it opens up. When I put up my vision board and called out innovation, I had not known I would be learning so much so soon. Make more money and spend well was part of my wi$hli$t while Taylor only wants "you". I am a very generous giver, to my family, friends and myself. So I can do that more if I earn more. The way I can earn more is by learning more and by doing more with less effort and les...