Published inThe Creative Cafe·PinnedMember-only5 Life Lessons Learned from a Locked ToiletI called out loud ‘Ferhan’. A second time out of hope, a third time out of desperation, and a fourth and fifth time out of exasperation, and one final time out of pure helplessness. All for nothing. It was a December night and a weekend day. I was in the…Life Lessons7 min readLife Lessons7 min read
1 day agoMember-only5 Life Enlightenments got from Staying Near to a CemeteryI live near to a cemetery . Yes you heard it right ! Voyager 1 ( the space craft send by NASA on September 5,1977) is the most distant human made object in space. Voyager 1 is approximately 24,147,830,646 kilometers away from the Earth, the time I write this …Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Published inAre You Out There·Mar 19, 2022Member-onlyComplex? … Not Really!A tough day at work! Where the codes did not make any sense, Where the outputs were strange and weird, Where the outcomes were not as expected, When the brain said, no more, When hands said, never more, When the body said, no way more, And then I took a…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published inPoetry in Form·Jun 29, 2021Member-onlyCan He?When the baby tried to stand,Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Published inPoetry in Form·Mar 10, 2021Member-onlyDay and NightThe mountain looked splendid in the day, But they looked scary in the night, The lake looked peaceful in the day, But they looked daunting in the night, The forest looked precious in the day, But they looked ghostly in the night, The wind is calming in the day, But…Poem1 min readPoem1 min read
Published inPoetry in Form·Feb 28, 2021Member-onlyAt the End of?The sea is rough and waves are high,Hope1 min readHope1 min read
Published inPoetry in Form·Feb 20, 2021Member-onlyMind, It is Your MindMind,Mindfulness1 min readMindfulness1 min read
Published inThe Creative Cafe·Feb 9, 2021Member-onlyWhen My Tree BlossomedLet the Ball of Hope Keep Rolling December! The month of Santa, snow, gifts, and altogether a season of happiness and joy. It was a December month of 2002, when the HR department of our company came up with a novel idea. They visited a nearby foster care and collected…Hope5 min readHope5 min read
Published inThe Creative Cafe·Jan 24, 2021Member-onlyAn Extraordinary Co-Passenger and His Extraordinary Story“Passengers for Flight EK45, please queue up for boarding”. The announcement at Dubai airport sounded like music to my ears. The sleepless night I had last night, in order to catch the flight before and the unpalatable meal made my day terrible. I needed to board this flight from Dubai…Nonfiction6 min readNonfiction6 min read
Published inPoetry in Form·Jan 21, 2021Member-onlyWorthful WaitingWhen wait is worth the wait.Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
