Vaishnavi

Namesake

When I sign my name, or say my name it’s with a flourish. When I extend my arm to introduce myself, a natural confidence flows through my handshake and it makes me smile. Its not as dramatic as Jumpa Lahiri’s Namesake but my name has a story too. Its been a while since I bid a tearful fareful to “Vaishnavi Thatha”. Vaishnavi Thatha! Aah! A perfect match! Its not that I am a feminist...

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American recession and me

With 2010 around the corner, America is gliding into something that vaguely resembles a recovery.  So how am I riding the crest of the economic recovery? How is my immigrant life placed in America and its post-traumatic stress disorder? Well, I am thankful to have a job and at the end of the tunnel I do see opportunities for greater responsibilities. When I was a teenager, I remember asking my grandpa how...

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What can be more important to a girl than finding true love?

Longing for you all these years, I have beaten bushes wrecking my foot gears. Why have you hidden from my eyes? Did you not hear my cries? You are as valued as “true love” to a lass, Did I not find you since I gained more mass? In the core of my heart, knew I’ll find you in my way… Truly, I did not care about the price to pay! Holding aces, I couldn’t believe my lucky star, When I...

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I let peer pressure get to me

A bunch of guys at work challenged me if I could handle “Habanero “sauce. I am used to eating extreme versions of Karam. “Hot” like its hard to imagine. Well, all these years I have never really had to prove to anybody that I could handle the spice. First of all, eating hot and spicy food is not good for health! Period! This is something I am not so proud of too. I want to like and eat healthy. I...

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The more I know, the more I know how much I don’t know

I had my birthday couple of weeks back. For people who wished me, thanks a ton & it truly made me feel special! How old am I? Old enough to want to hide it. This birthday marks differently from the other birthdays so far… to my very own surprise, I am tired of making new resolutions. Most of my resolutions are born out of my dreams. How will my dreams come true if I don’t wake up?...

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Strange Quest for Love II

Strange Quest for Love II, Fading memories lurk in my mind, as I watch you sleep. Thoughts when life was yet so kind, when I knew you were to keep. When did I turn to your love so blind were cruel scrutiny began to creep Heedless to good intentions to find, all I did was weep. Sorrows, regrets and other issues to grind, dark thoughts hide  within so deep. All I need is your arms on me to bind to let the...

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Wearing Seinfeld’s hat

One of my friends called me after a long time. He had messed up his love life. Though I was honored to be an “aunt agony” back in my school days,  I am not very patient with people who refuse to use their brains to clean up their mess anymore. Anyways, I felt responsible for my past reputation and honestly tried to sound very sympathetic. Well, let me give you the background picture. I had not...