Chupke Chupke...Shhhh..

I am a techie. I love exploring new technology. So it was inevitable that I play around with GenAI and explore all of the tools available. I use Canva,Picsart, Adobe Express, Claude, Perplexity and some tools available at office. It is wonderful as a writer to see your ideas take shape exactly the way you want it to within a matter of a few minutes. So the question is no longer whether or not we should use it, it is more about where, when and how. I love writing. I enjoy expressing myself through words. When it comes to this blog, I am trying to keep it AI free(except for images that I generate for the purpose of thumbnails). Infact with every office email that I write using the AI tools, I feel the urge to compensate for it by writing something original over here. That probably explains 3 posts within 4 weeks ! It is always fun to learn something new, look at how it can make your life better and use it well to make your life better. Simple. Also the fun part of usage of these to...

It is Friday morning, post the Navarathri holidays and Gandhi Jayanti. The lunchbox is packed, kiddo is woken up. He hesitatingly gets ready, ofcourse, you understand it is difficult after 2 weeks of holidays. He puts on a brave face and leaves with his dad. They see a spot closer to the school that was available to park the car - very unusual, they silently think to themselves. They walk towards the school and notice the gates are closed. They still think it is just not opened yet because they went in too early. Then, they call me up, asking me if there was a change of date for reopening date. I firmly said no, absolutely 100% sure it was reopening on 3rd. Kiddo proceeds to open up his school diary, just to spot the calendar clearly calling out that the school reopened on a Monday, 6th ! We all had a good laugh about it and we had a nice day at home and 3 extra days of holidays. It ended up being a bonus of sorts, unknowingly. Do I feel bad that I am that mother who does not noti...