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Immense love for words!
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Serendipity
Kalamwali
What she lacked, he had. What he lacked, she possessed. What they both lacked, they didn’t need. And what they both had, multiplied their strength. They weren’t perfect. Neither for each other, nor on their own. They didn’t even want to be perfect. But... read more...
03-Nov-2016 • 760 views
Daily Musings
Demonetisation- True Sanitization
Kalamwali
8th of November 2016, is a date, many won’t forget. Just as most of us thought the day had ended and we continued to be drunk on monotony and sunk in routine some news flashed. Suddenly phones started to buzz. There was just one message out there: From... read more...
18-Nov-2016 • 701 views
Daily Musings
Muskaan- All grown up!
Kalamwali
Today I write about the same little girl Muskaan, who isn't that little anymore. She is growing up. Growing up faster than I would have liked. And why don't I like that she is growing up so fast? Here is why!  Muskaan, who for the past three... read more...
20-Jan-2017 • 779 views
Experiences
Parity
Kalamwali
Parity means Equality. Equality, however is such a heavy word. It has an agitated connotation to it. Which is why I call this piece Parity. It’s just a better word. Slightly posher, so that I can take away the pre-conceived notion of equality... read more...
03-Mar-2017 • 837 views
Experiences
We are 1 today!
Kalamwali
"Perfection is not the result, but the process” - Kalamwali I wrote this quote on a day I was extremely exhausted. I was somewhere between feeling sorry for myself and giving myself some benefit of the doubt. 3 months into starting Kalamwali, almost everything was in a nascent stage, including... read more...
16-Jun-2017 • 703 views
Experiences
The BAD Break-up
Kalamwali
  Most of the Art, Literature, Poetry, Creativity in the world has stemmed out of Love, and the rest of it, out of break-ups. That too, the difficult ones. The depth of art and creativity is directly proportional to the quantum of the hurt caused by a heart break... read more...
21-Jun-2017 • 869 views
Experiences
Friends v/s "Friends" v/s Ffrriieennddss
Kalamwali
“She’s not my friend anymore”, said my six-year-old daughter with a grumpy face. I wanted to laugh at that bundle of entertainment but controlled myself, knowing what a calamity it was in her life. She was talking about a girl in her class and... read more...
23-Jul-2017 • 816 views
Experiences
What's up WhatsApp?
Kalamwali
Intentionally or not, in today’s times we end up spending enormous amount of time on this app called WhatsApp. It’s as though the world, life, work, chores, socializing and communication didn’t exist before WhatsApp came into being. I, personally am a hypocritical user of... read more...
22-Aug-2017 • 857 views
Experiences
Balls to the Bully
Kalamwali
I am not ordinary. I never was. And I never will be. Just like you. None of us are ordinary and that is an undeniable fact. If we were all meant to be normal or ordinary, we would have been produced and processed in factories and not been born is... read more...
15-Feb-2018 • 1958 views
Poems
» Long
Love
Kalamwali
LOVE- Love is not just a four lettered word.It’s four-dimensional and much more than what is conferred. Length, width, depth and timeIt’s these dimensions that make love, sublime. Let’s talk about the life of your love now, What matters more than how... read more...
04-Apr-2019 • 1065 views
Beauty, Fashion & Trends
Fashion-Wise
Kalamwali
After ending a self proclaimed writing sabbatical, or rather a writer’s block, I was toying with many ideas to finally write a piece about. I won’t lie, I have numerous, partially- written pieces in my notes about so many things I’ve been wanting to... read more...
27-Feb-2020 • 2226 views
Experiences
HALF
Kalamwali
There she was, lying unconscious after a severe blow from me. The chase had been long but I was filled with exuberance. I did have blood on my hands, but I convinced myself it was nothing compared to the blood she had on hers. After all, she was the bloodsucking... read more...
30-Aug-2020 • 845 views
Experiences
Let’s be Kind, if you don’t Mind
Kalamwali
Here’s something I wanted to share with you’ll!  You know how they say, seize the moment. Make the most of it? I am going to take this a notch higher.  Every time you encounter an opportunity to acknowledge and/ or appreciate your loved ones... read more...
16-Oct-2021 • 569 views
Experiences
A letter to my dear Son
Kalamwali
To my dear son,  It’s not that I can’t carry your bag for you. I can and would love to do so. In fact, as a mother I wouldn’t want you to experience any discomfort, especially while you’re still this little... read more...
16-Oct-2021 • 533 views
Experiences
How much is too much?
Kalamwali
ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST!  HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH?  We all have multiple relationships along the course of our lives. We’re born with a few, some are forced upon us, we adapt a few, and there’s those few which we choose and nurture ourselves... read more...
17-Oct-2021 • 544 views
Experiences
Motherhood Lessons- Part 1
Kalamwali
What MOTHERHOOD taught me the first time-  UNCONDITIONAL LOVE- When I held my baby in my hands for the first time, I knew exactly what unconditional love meant! All other perceptions I had of unconditional love faded away in that very moment!  Putting another HUMAN’S NEEDS... read more...
17-Oct-2021 • 538 views
Experiences
Motherhood Lessons Part 2
Kalamwali
  What MOTHERHOOD taught me the second time-  SURPRISES CAN BE SCARY but BEAUTIFUL- you can never be fully prepared, but you can treat the unpredictability as surprises and find joy in them.  SHARING- You don’t become less of a mother if you share the responsibility... read more...
19-Oct-2021 • 566 views
Experiences
That Chair
Kalamwali
You know how there’s always that one chair in every room, or every home where everyone thinks it’s okay to dump anything and everything they’re lazy to put away? Yes that chair- That chair is by far the most taken for granted thing in... read more...
03-Jan-2022 • 913 views
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