
Marriage is a turning point for most people in their lives. No matter the reasons for marrying, its an event that leaves a mark and becomes a starting point for many subsequent events. Religious texts and rituals all across the world have spent much time and thought dictating how and why two people should marry. […]

We had a great week discussing the barriers in any sort of relationships, especially marital ones. As I was thinking about those barriers, I realised they are to be very common and known to all and we always can try to rectify our relationships by breaking them at some point in our life. But there […]

Set the alarm for the next day, have put the kids to sleep, hand cream โ๏ธ, moisturizer โ๏ธ, time to hit the sack and before calling it a day one important ritual to perform. Praying โ, Reading a book โ, Writing diary โ, it’s a ritual followed more religiously, relentlessly – social media surfing. Yes, […]

Love is a beautiful feeling, an integral emotion and a wonderful experience altogether. Yet, love isnโt everything. And people come at the crossroads where they realize that love isnโt working anymore. Disagreement, turmoil, shortcomings and other disturbances ruin love, the basis of every relation. Ujjwala, found her love during her yoga classes. A man used […]

Love, being an intrinsic human attribute and need, cannot be effectively caged behind bars. It always yearns for expression. However, love cannot always be expressed and/ or experienced sans roadblocks. Though love faces many barriers in its way, I will talk about one major hiccup to expressing and/ or experiencing love. The fly in the […]

Agape is a word that is not commonly used by people. The English word agape means, โajarโ, โopenโ, โamazedโ etc., but the Greek word agapฤ means, the unconditional love of God for humankind. And this Agape love is mentioned only in the Bible explaining how God has been displaying His love for mankind from the […]

Throughout our lives, we have different relationships with different people. Most of the relationships we have are by virtue of being born at a certain time in a certain family. Our parents, our siblings, our uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents etc.ย Then there is another set of relationships we have by law. If yours was a […]

It was 21st December 2008 when my husband came to see me for the first time with his parents. Yes, we chose the traditional route of arranged marriage ๐. We were nervous as hell, hardly speaking anything, just occasional glances at each other in a room full of people. “Why don’t you guys take some […]

As a student of Sociology in Grade 11, I came across a new term โ altruism. To explain this term better, the book had the example โ the service of soldiers for the country. Though I later studied about altruism in detail in Psychology, the example that stays in my mind till date is that […]

Xenia (Greek: ฮพฮตฮฝฮฏฮฑ) is the ancient Greek sacred rule of hospitality (corresponding to the Latin concept of Hospitium), the generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home or associates of the host. The rituals of hospitality created and expressed a reciprocal relationship between guest and host expressed in both material benefits (e.g. […]
Gilding the lily?
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Pardon me ! Couldn’t get you ?
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Lovely lines with this beautiful butterfly. Thank you.
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Thank You, pleased to please you ๐
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Beautiful the butterfly about and the poem.
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Thank you so much dear ๐
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This is lovely and artistic, excellent ๐
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Thank you dear ๐๐
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Although it doesn’t feel like that at the time. If and when (you get used to what is happening to you) it’s easier to deal with.
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Yes, Transformation is always felt after the process is over, it is good, cause we human beings are scared of change, so ignorance becomes bliss. Thank you for commenting dear.
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Lovely poem and beautiful image.
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Thank You so much.
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Great title, beautiful image and excellent writing. Keep writing and inspiring.
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Thank you, Sri. Glad you liked it. Will write to make you visit Quill again.
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Excellent write!
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Thank You ๐
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