20s is the most happening decade in life I think. Life is brimming with activities. On one side when there is getting out of school, earning and switching jobs, starting your career, finding your soulmate (Yes I still believe in it!;)), figuring out who you are as an adult etc etc but on the other side there is anxiety that invariably comes with a period of life characterized by instability, frequent... 
Lost in deep and murky thoughts
Laid thee in her empty slot
Blissful is she in happy moments
melancholy in her sober times
Anticipating her burgeoning womb
she anticipated her burgeoning womb
Is thy life futile she cried
Is my oblivious fate nothing but a lie
What is the concept of beauty
an idea? a thought?a conjecture?a charm?
Wheel of fortune is a predetermined course
an accident is a chance in... 
One of my friends, let’s call him Friend 1 (Unmarried one) was appalled at the fact that I talk to my legally wedded husband during lunch-break everyday! A passer-by for this incident, another friend (friend 2, the married one), commented saying “they are still in love!”. So the friend-1 retorted asking, “Even after 4 years???”
Nah, it’s not “awwwweee” worthy. Get real people, if you talk... 
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... 
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... 