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Continue reading →: Dipping into Culture
A dosha and sambar microstory. Dipping Into Culture: A Dosha-Sambar Story Growing up in a suburb twenty kilometres from Kuala Lumpur in the 1980s, I hardly felt connected to my Indian roots. My second-generation Malaysian Indian parents tried their best to keep my sister and me connected to our Kerala…
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Continue reading →: The Story of My Life
Facing challenges, finding magical moments. I admit, today’s writing prompt got me thinking about life. I don’t think there’s been a chapter in my life that should be titled The Hard Years I think the title of my book of life would be The Hard Years instead. I’ve never had…
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Continue reading →: Moving Past Blank Screen Days
When writing slows down, let’s carry on. Blank Screen Days Confession: I love writing with all my heart, but sometimes it’s the hardest thing to do. I wake up determined. Determined to work on my stories. Determined to sit in front of my laptop for as long as it takes.…
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Continue reading →: Younger Days, Different Tastes
10 things I changed my mind about as an adult. 🍆 EggplantI never liked its soft, mushy texture, but now? I love it! 🥬 Bitter gourdThe name says it all! Who needs bitter when you can have sweet? 😴 Afternoon napsNaps used to get in the way of afternoon adventures.…
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Continue reading →: In My Imagination
My Alternate Ending to All The Light We Cannot See. I’ve read many books over the years and I’ve had my share of favourite endings and not-so-favourite endings. A few months ago, I borrowed All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr from the library, and the ending of…
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Continue reading →: Hola Kawan-Kawan
A little bit of this, a little bit of that. What languages do you speak? I remember my parents telling me that I spoke Malayalam, a South Indian language and my mother tongue, well as a child, but things changed when I started school. Growing up in a small suburb…

