Ranjini's articles Let’s Look at Our Parents Without The Capes Remember that time when you made a mistake, your parents told you that you were wrong, maybe a bit too harshly but then again, poured honey on your wounds, kissed the pain away and then completely forgot about the mistake? That is what they are supposed to do. Because you were just a… […] May 13, 2018May 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Art of Apology A colleague of yours hurled verbal abuses at you. He insulted you to the core and accused you of committing a mistake which you did not commit. After about a week, he realizes his mistake, comes to you and says casually, ‘Apparently it wasn’t your fault. Sorry for blaming you’ and he leaves. Will… […] April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked If You Wouldn’t Eat it, Don’t Put it on Your Skin Do you know the amount of poison we are being exposed to on a daily basis? Do you eat the Chemicals that you put on your skin? A friend’s post on instagram and our conversation following that, opened my eyes to it. Elaine from The Fire spirit blog sent me this video by Fittuber in… […] April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Saying Yes to The World “I couldn’t sleep yesterday!” “Why so?” “We went patrolling.” “What patrolling?”, I was baffled. We were 21 when we had this conversation. We were both mere CA students and he wasn’t in any sort of organization that went patrolling during the nights. “Prostitution.” I held my breath. It wasn’t a topic I wanted to discuss… […] April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Azures North of Frostville, where the Sun shimmers off the ice, a thin frozen stream named Nehiris emanates from atop the Misty Mountains. It remains frozen throughout the year, except on the second day after every new moon. The ice melts and the stream flows down the mountain, through the length of Frostville, enters the land of Whitewillow,… […] April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Journey of Water From Abundance to Scarcity, Purity to Poison “I used to walk about 4-5 Kms everyday to bring water. I was a little girl, seven or eight years old, that by the time I brought the pots home, they would be half empty as the water used to drip.” my grandmother recalled. “Do not open that hand shower. It is leaking and a… […] March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked A Beginner’s Guide to Hyderabad When Hyderabad called us, Jose and me, we had no idea about the place and its culture. We began planning in advance for a 3 day trip and we made a list of places to go to, gradually getting clarity on what each of us wanted to do. He had only one thing in his… […] March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Changing The Way We See Equality Improves Life We strive to achieve equality in many ways, in many areas in our lives. And it is when we strive to achieve equality that we begin to keep scores, we strive for perfection and seek to take revenge. I'd like two discuss two areas here: Original link February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Sleeping Pills Advertisements Original link January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Tadiandamol Trek – A Giant Step Towards New year I am not an avid traveler and I don't see myself becoming a globe trotter in future. But I'd like myself some new sights and experiences once in a while. As a child, I haven't traveled at all. Tours and excursions were a rarity in our family. I used to yearn to go on long […] January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Sharing Some Books/Movie Recommendations I Received If you are a frequent instagrammer, you might be aware of some interesting Insta Story games that have been making their rounds. There was one particular story that I liked a lot as it involved asking lots of questions and so I decided to take it up. I put this up on my story: Some… […] December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked For Sundays Sundays are for the things you love. For a dip within yourself. For the memories that made you And specially the ones that moulded you. Sundays are for you To love yourself, unwind yourself To scatter the pieces of you Carelessly, mindlessly. Sundays are for the pajamas, Messy hair, bad breath, For strewing things around… […] December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked All You Need to Know About The Something New Everyday Challenge Before I begin, let me say this once again. I found the challenge very useful. I am not the same person I had been a month ago. I have become more productive, focused and reduced the bouts of overthinking I used to do. I am sure you will benefit from this too. Original link December 10, 2017December 10, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked My Top 10 Something New Everyday Hits Imagine your life changing positively in a month. Imagine you looking back at the end of a month and realising that you actually lived it! You did not just work, eat and exist, but you made progress in your personal life. That was November to me. I had taken up the #SomethingNewEveryday Challenge on Instagram… […] December 3, 2017December 3, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked 10 Things I Miss About Kochi In my previous post, I was streamlining my messed up thoughts and it was also the beginning of my resolution to blog every week. This post was due yesterday, but I persevered and got it done today. So yay me! If you already read my previous post, I’d like to warn you that this one… […] November 27, 2017November 28, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked From Kochi to Bangalore – A New Journey The last time I opened this page to write was in Kerala. Now, here I am in Bangalore. There has been a lot of change and with the change of place and routine, I, as a person, am changing too. After all those CA hassles, crying over exams, peeping in others’ lives, seeing their train… […] November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked My Relationship With Avial “I really need to borrow a stomach!” If you have ever said that in your life, you’d understand my position now. Because I really need to borrow a stomach. There is a lot of Avial left in the kitchen and it is killing me. Let me take you through the divine relationship between Avial and… […] November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Much Like the Bitter-Sweet Gooseberries As a child, I was always cautious as to what I asked Amma. Before I asked for a chocolate, I’d check its price and ensure that I wasn’t inconveniencing her. When Nestle Munch was introduced in India in 1999, there was a lot of buzz around it in school. For me, it was an extravagant… […] November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Price of a Cell Phone? A Cup of Tea Cell phones and I share a special bond. No! It isn’t a bond like yours or anyone else’s. This is different. Believe it or not, I always get the defective piece in the lot. In fact, I was teaching probability to my students recently and I asked them, ‘Do you think that probability can be… […] October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Most Dangerous Waters in The World I am a person with acute thalassophobia – fear of Ocean and its depth. I remember visiting the Kochi Muziris Biennale and walking into a room, that showed a video of the turbulent waters of the Indian Ocean (If I am not wrong), and freaking out. I once went to a beach and seeing lots… […] October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked How Aware are You of Indoor Pollutants? According to WHO, 4.3 million people a year die from the exposure to household air pollution. Source Shocking! Isn’t it? If you are on this page and not an acquaintance of mine, you are probably looking for answers. They could be about Indoor pollution or a certain ailment that could have resulted from Indoor pollutants.… […] September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Souls That Weren’t Done Living Those tiny sounds you hear at night, whose source you can't identify. That movement you sense only to find no one when you turn. You think it's nothing. But what if there's someone trying to communicate with you from the parallel world? Original link August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked A Birthday to Remember It was my Birthday. A very important one as I am stepping into the last teeniest bit of my twenties. Before I get into the details, do you know that I am a cusp, and that too of contradictory zodiac signs? Yeah! If interested, just google Leo-Virgo cusp and you’ll see. I need a Nobel… […] August 22, 2017August 23, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Let’s Look at Our Parents Without The Capes Remember that time when you made a mistake, your parents told you that you were wrong, maybe a bit too harshly but then again, poured honey on your wounds, kissed the pain away and then completely forgot about the mistake? That is what they are supposed to do. Because you were just a… […] May 13, 2018May 13, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Art of Apology A colleague of yours hurled verbal abuses at you. He insulted you to the core and accused you of committing a mistake which you did not commit. After about a week, he realizes his mistake, comes to you and says casually, ‘Apparently it wasn’t your fault. Sorry for blaming you’ and he leaves. Will… […] April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
If You Wouldn’t Eat it, Don’t Put it on Your Skin Do you know the amount of poison we are being exposed to on a daily basis? Do you eat the Chemicals that you put on your skin? A friend’s post on instagram and our conversation following that, opened my eyes to it. Elaine from The Fire spirit blog sent me this video by Fittuber in… […] April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Saying Yes to The World “I couldn’t sleep yesterday!” “Why so?” “We went patrolling.” “What patrolling?”, I was baffled. We were 21 when we had this conversation. We were both mere CA students and he wasn’t in any sort of organization that went patrolling during the nights. “Prostitution.” I held my breath. It wasn’t a topic I wanted to discuss… […] April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Azures North of Frostville, where the Sun shimmers off the ice, a thin frozen stream named Nehiris emanates from atop the Misty Mountains. It remains frozen throughout the year, except on the second day after every new moon. The ice melts and the stream flows down the mountain, through the length of Frostville, enters the land of Whitewillow,… […] April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Journey of Water From Abundance to Scarcity, Purity to Poison “I used to walk about 4-5 Kms everyday to bring water. I was a little girl, seven or eight years old, that by the time I brought the pots home, they would be half empty as the water used to drip.” my grandmother recalled. “Do not open that hand shower. It is leaking and a… […] March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Beginner’s Guide to Hyderabad When Hyderabad called us, Jose and me, we had no idea about the place and its culture. We began planning in advance for a 3 day trip and we made a list of places to go to, gradually getting clarity on what each of us wanted to do. He had only one thing in his… […] March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Changing The Way We See Equality Improves Life We strive to achieve equality in many ways, in many areas in our lives. And it is when we strive to achieve equality that we begin to keep scores, we strive for perfection and seek to take revenge. I'd like two discuss two areas here: Original link February 4, 2018February 4, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
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Tadiandamol Trek – A Giant Step Towards New year I am not an avid traveler and I don't see myself becoming a globe trotter in future. But I'd like myself some new sights and experiences once in a while. As a child, I haven't traveled at all. Tours and excursions were a rarity in our family. I used to yearn to go on long […] January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Sharing Some Books/Movie Recommendations I Received If you are a frequent instagrammer, you might be aware of some interesting Insta Story games that have been making their rounds. There was one particular story that I liked a lot as it involved asking lots of questions and so I decided to take it up. I put this up on my story: Some… […] December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
For Sundays Sundays are for the things you love. For a dip within yourself. For the memories that made you And specially the ones that moulded you. Sundays are for you To love yourself, unwind yourself To scatter the pieces of you Carelessly, mindlessly. Sundays are for the pajamas, Messy hair, bad breath, For strewing things around… […] December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
All You Need to Know About The Something New Everyday Challenge Before I begin, let me say this once again. I found the challenge very useful. I am not the same person I had been a month ago. I have become more productive, focused and reduced the bouts of overthinking I used to do. I am sure you will benefit from this too. Original link December 10, 2017December 10, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
My Top 10 Something New Everyday Hits Imagine your life changing positively in a month. Imagine you looking back at the end of a month and realising that you actually lived it! You did not just work, eat and exist, but you made progress in your personal life. That was November to me. I had taken up the #SomethingNewEveryday Challenge on Instagram… […] December 3, 2017December 3, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
10 Things I Miss About Kochi In my previous post, I was streamlining my messed up thoughts and it was also the beginning of my resolution to blog every week. This post was due yesterday, but I persevered and got it done today. So yay me! If you already read my previous post, I’d like to warn you that this one… […] November 27, 2017November 28, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
From Kochi to Bangalore – A New Journey The last time I opened this page to write was in Kerala. Now, here I am in Bangalore. There has been a lot of change and with the change of place and routine, I, as a person, am changing too. After all those CA hassles, crying over exams, peeping in others’ lives, seeing their train… […] November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
My Relationship With Avial “I really need to borrow a stomach!” If you have ever said that in your life, you’d understand my position now. Because I really need to borrow a stomach. There is a lot of Avial left in the kitchen and it is killing me. Let me take you through the divine relationship between Avial and… […] November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Much Like the Bitter-Sweet Gooseberries As a child, I was always cautious as to what I asked Amma. Before I asked for a chocolate, I’d check its price and ensure that I wasn’t inconveniencing her. When Nestle Munch was introduced in India in 1999, there was a lot of buzz around it in school. For me, it was an extravagant… […] November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Price of a Cell Phone? A Cup of Tea Cell phones and I share a special bond. No! It isn’t a bond like yours or anyone else’s. This is different. Believe it or not, I always get the defective piece in the lot. In fact, I was teaching probability to my students recently and I asked them, ‘Do you think that probability can be… […] October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Most Dangerous Waters in The World I am a person with acute thalassophobia – fear of Ocean and its depth. I remember visiting the Kochi Muziris Biennale and walking into a room, that showed a video of the turbulent waters of the Indian Ocean (If I am not wrong), and freaking out. I once went to a beach and seeing lots… […] October 15, 2017October 15, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Aware are You of Indoor Pollutants? According to WHO, 4.3 million people a year die from the exposure to household air pollution. Source Shocking! Isn’t it? If you are on this page and not an acquaintance of mine, you are probably looking for answers. They could be about Indoor pollution or a certain ailment that could have resulted from Indoor pollutants.… […] September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Souls That Weren’t Done Living Those tiny sounds you hear at night, whose source you can't identify. That movement you sense only to find no one when you turn. You think it's nothing. But what if there's someone trying to communicate with you from the parallel world? Original link August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A Birthday to Remember It was my Birthday. A very important one as I am stepping into the last teeniest bit of my twenties. Before I get into the details, do you know that I am a cusp, and that too of contradictory zodiac signs? Yeah! If interested, just google Leo-Virgo cusp and you’ll see. I need a Nobel… […] August 22, 2017August 23, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked