Krithika

Growing in Love

When you first meet someone, you have no idea how much or how little this person will impact your life. But then you start to catch feelings and you play the hide and seek game until you are finally in a relationship with him/her. The feelings of love grow and grow until it reaches aContinueContinue reading “Growing in Love”

Walking- talking rehab centres

Men were made to provide and protect. Women were made to care and nurture. For a long time, these were considered as the traditional roles of men and women in the society and in the family. This is the reason why so many women face social stigma when they want to leave their abusive, drunkardContinueContinue reading “Walking- talking rehab centres”

Please don’t motivate me

With YouTube and Instagram booming like never before, motivation and motivators are springing up everywhere. There has never been a time in history like this. Where we are constantly flooded with motivational quotes, videos and interviews. But on the contrary, most of us are living depressed lives, where our happiness and self-confidence is as short-livedContinueContinue reading “Please don’t motivate me”

Did you eat the marshmallow?

There is this famous experiment called the marshmallow test done by a team of psychologists headed by Walter Michel in the 1990’s. They offered the kids a single marshmallow now or two marshmallow later if they could control their temptations for 20 minutes. They found that the children who could wait were more likely toContinueContinue reading “Did you eat the marshmallow?”

Why god is not on my boat

The concept of God has fascinated me since childhood. It had been fed to me as the solution to all of life’s problems. Praying to god before going to exams and right before exam results was something I had gotten accustomed to. I expressed birthday wishes to God and even asked God to fix someContinueContinue reading “Why god is not on my boat”

Difference of Opinion

As a child, all of our friends liked the same things we did. That was probably the criteria for most our friends. You both loved pokemon and disliked x and y math problems. Friendships seemed simpler back then. Difference of opinions could be sorted out with a simple handshake, chocolate or just a smile. ButContinueContinue reading “Difference of Opinion”

That life changing book

I was one of those book hoarders (still am), buying books even if I never touched them. Most of the books were bought only because someone I admired said that it changed their life! And I naively assumed that it would change my life too! A film maker that I idolise, recommended Fountainhead by AynContinueContinue reading “That life changing book”

THE BETA MALE

The Alpha male and his traits have been parroted over and over again so much in mainstream media. But in reality, the Alpha male is just a myth. A myth that has become completely irrelevant in today’s context. The strong and silent men trope was thrown out the window long ago when women shed theirContinueContinue reading “THE BETA MALE”

First day is always the easiest

In the spur of a moment, I decided I would run/ walk ( ralk?) 6 kilometres daily. The first day was a piece of cake, and I wondered why people find working out so hard. Day 2 was harder. And after a week, whenever the morning was slightly colder than usual, I was reaching forContinueContinue reading “First day is always the easiest”

The God on top of a hill

Did you know that only a few years back, the mining engineering department at the prestigious Anna University got its first female student. A department was instituted more than 20-30 years before that. There was the question of how a woman could work in the hard conditions of a mine. I wondered too, if itContinueContinue reading “The God on top of a hill”