The first time Mira thought about leaving Raj, she was washing spinach. The leaves were muddy, stubborn. She scrubbed each one as if dirt could be reasoned with. Raj was asleep in the other room, snoring softly with the TV still murmuring—one of those historical docuseries he insisted on watching but never finished. She wasn’t angry. Not really. Not the kind of fight where you slam doors or throw pans. It was quieter than that. Like the kind of silence you find in attics. Still, a little stale. A place where time has settled like dust on old …
Dear Husband,
12 Years ago, on this day, I met a guy in a tech conference who looked quite clueless. Little did I know that he was actually following me throughout the event and was startled when his crush approached him out of the blue. We became best friends within a year and I had no idea that all this while he really wanted to date me. I was actually “the clueless kid”. For me, it was definitely not love at the first sight or the 10th (I know 😂). We didn’t have the fairy tale romance or the Hollywood/Bollywood love affair. Infact, it’s been quite a …
What no one tells you about Marriage
Marriage is a freakin’ roller coaster. We’ve had our fair share of disagreements, door-slammings and string of divorces (not on paper). We met a decade back (quite literally) and have been married for 7 freaking years. I’m head over heels for him, now more than ever but it has been a really really wild ride. My last post made me ponder about when did we stopped fighting and what triggered the change. I really can’t remember any single aha moment but here are the key lessons I’ve learned the hard way. Expectations mismatch. We both got …
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Marriage – The myth of a happy life
I asked my bestie to suggest some gifts ideas for my upcoming anniversary.Me: It’s special this time, we completed 7 years.Bestie: What? I didn’t think you guys would last even 1.Me: That’s true. Neither did I. What no one told me was that marriage is work—a shit-ton of hard and intensive work. During the early years of my marriage, I thought something was wrong with us. We did love each other and had lots of happy moments. But there were numerous fights, countless breakups, and days when I wanted to quit. Honestly, it’s nothing short of a …
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