100 Happy Days: Day 45 Talkative Children.

Happiness is listening to children’s chatter.

“Look I have got a new CD, it is the latest story of Balram and Krishna, have you heard about them, I know all the stories”

“Come to my house, I have a big TV where we can enjoy watching the film together, in this house there is no CD player.”

“You know I have a toy that runs on battery, I just put the lever and it goes round and round, till you get dizzy”

“You will be amazed at the amount of toys that I have in my house, it reached right up to the ceiling”

“My dad got for me red velvet cake and its taste so yum that you will faint”

Just sit in the company of children and listen to their chatter, its amazing the things they come up with.

Unedited, pure, innocent, non-stop banter.

So here I am, with the project of ‘100 Happy Days’I am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee’s World

100 Happy Days: Day 44 Read Meet.

Happiness is sharing your writings with friends.

I am an active member of 'Caferati read meet'. We meet every month and share our prose/poems with friends. Every month, there is a theme to trigger our writing. A positive feedback is given which helps us improve our writings. Read meets have helped me a lot and these are much better than attending an organized workshops.

This week, we met at our friend’s place at Versova. The theme was ‘epistolary’. I have never before attempted this format. I googled to read various writings on this format and then attempted one story. I wrote the story in the series of letters written over one year. I have posted my story ‘Postcard From Spain’ on my blog. 

Do visit to read my story, you will love it.  

One friend wrote the story in a telephone conversation format, other had email snippets and then there was a story in series of telegram messages, I never knew that story could be told in this format too. It was interesting to listen at different perspective to a common theme.

Well, everyday is a learning experience, and so much joy in exploring new themes.

So here I am, with the project of ‘100 Happy Days’I am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee’s World

100 Happy Days: Day 43 Food writers.

Happiness is being in the company of published authors.

I have no idea when my book on ‘Sindhi Regional Cuisine’ will get published. My manuscript is lying with the publishers since last three years. Editing is done, even the cover is confirmed but still I am not sure if my book will ever see the light of the day. The publisher takes too long to print a book. Maybe they don’t have faith in me.

But I feel happy when foodies get their work published. Last month Rushina Ghildiyal got her book ‘A Pinch of This, A Handful of That’ published and this week it was Kunal Kapur with his book “A Chef in Every Home’

I was with two celebrities under one roof! They both were signing each other’s work. Clicking pictures together. Me, an unpublished author, is still waiting for my big day. But I am happy for them.

What a great feeling!!

So here I am, with the project of ‘100 Happy Days’I am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee’s World

100 Happy Days: Day 42 Book Launch.

Happiness is attending a book launch of a foodie.

I love attending book launches where I get to meet authors and writers. We get to co-ordinate with like-minded people; some excerpts are read from a book and then buying an autographed copy.

But attending a book launch of a foodie is completely different. Here there are no excerpts read, but there is an actual demonstration of the recipes listed in the book.

I was happy to attend the book launch of celebrity Masterchef Kunal Kapur at the glittering 5-star Leela in Mumbai. The book seems interesting and has recipes from all over the world. He demonstrated tomato bruschetta and prawn moilee, which was followed by exotic buffet lunch

An autograph copy of his published recipe book was an additional brownie point.

So here I am, with the project of ‘100 Happy Days’I am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee’s World

100 Happy Days: Day 41 Running Errands.

Happiness is having friends to run errands for you when you are unable to do it yourself.

Friend says to call her if I need any help. But then all friends do and they complain if I don’t remember them when I am in pain. I often ask them how they can release me from pain, it’s a cross I must carry it alone; all I need is to rest for few days and nurture the power to deal with it. I am not the person to take advantage of their offer and trouble them for every small favor.

But sometimes, it cannot be helped and I have to seek help.

My reading glasses spat out one glass off the hinges. Now, walking to the repair store meant daring to walk in my lane that is getting a new facelift. There is dust and pebbles strewn all over the street. I am too scared to walk on broken roads and risk another fall, need to heal first from the previous one.

So, I remembered my friend who will run this errand for me.

Such bliss!

So here I am, with the project of ‘100 Happy Days’I am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee’s World