I’d been lying awake for a while, waiting for the alarm to ring. When it did, I gave it a five minute snooze. And I slept off. Till I was awakened with a start by the second alarm. That five-minute nap seems so much longer because it is the deepest most peaceful of all. Another …
If you’re a somewhat regular reader here you’ll know that exams have a way of bringing out the creative side of H and N. They suddenly remember all their half-done or thought-of-but-never-done projects which must be launched/completed right away. Case in point: Last year N wrote a 5000 word story during her exams. Here’s what …
Technically April is the exam month but actually it’s March that’s the toughest one because anticipation is always worse/better than the real thing. Right? All of March we’re making timetables, failing to stick with them (because daily school assignments are still coming in), constantly remaking, readjusting and generally struggling to get through the portion. However …
N sits on the sofa in front of the television, her plate of food balanced on her knee, the remote in her hand. ‘May I watch TV?’ she asks. Exams are two weeks away and the children have a Chemistry test the next day – that’s all I can think of as I take in …
Last November I went home on a short trip for my college reunion. It was the first time I was there without the children and it felt strange, too quiet. One morning I took my cup of tea to the swing on our terrace. It was a cool morning and the sun felt good on …
I’m sharing a quote from the book 1984 by Gerorge Orwell. The first time I read it I must have been in my early teens. I have little memory of it perhaps because I would have had little or no understanding of it. Then I read it again some seven or eight years ago and […]