A surprise birthday getaway, family, food, flowers, warmth, love and gratitude. I couldn’t have asked for a better way to celebrate another year gone by. A year that tested every last bit of nerve and resolve but is leaving me stronger 🥂✊🏻
#birthday
#singaporediaries
This is the only reason why mothers take on the arduous task of spending months and months looking like an elephant and feeling like a cow.
#ALittleLoveGoesALongWay
A humourous lens trained on the world of politics. If everyone grew half an inch of funny bone,the world would not be such a dreary place. A soft shot in the arm amidst the Sunday morning cacophony of disasters.
@mrsfunnybones
@timesofindia
#humour
#Sunday
The munchkin took one and I took one a few years ago. This movie resonated with me. Motherhood brings with it incomparable joy yet life changing realities. Let no one douse your fire🔥🔥
@Ashwinyiyer
@niteshtiwari22
and
#Nikhil
Bug hugs and here’s to many more!
#pangareview
#panga
We constantly trick them to behave better, lie lesser and divulge more. Let’s try this kind of tricking that will grant our kids citizenship to a world that doesn’t judge,is a passport to multiple lives and will help them dream bigger. Great pointers by
@mrsfunnybones
@TOIMumbai
When a determined voice decides that it needs to be heard, it crosses oceans, rivers, mountains and barriers to make it happen. Happy that an important issue has found it's very own voice that is leading from the front.
#menstruationmatters
#Menstruationtax
@mrsfunnybones
Nothing. And I mean nothing can truly capture the happiness, disbelief, joy and gratitude an author feels holding their book. It doesn’t matter how many you write. There we were, my munchkin and I, giddy with happiness, inhaling the first copy of
#excessbaggage
#newbook
#books
It seems
#PyjamasAreForgiving
&ubiquitous!Everywhere I went to sign my book,there it was,selling like hot cakes&my daughter picked it up at every store(uncanny resemblance!)thinking it’s mine😄Here’s to your book
@mrsfunnybones
breakingrecords and mine borrowing some luck off it!
It looks hideous&had to be redone a million times! But I’d rather have goopy mehendi than break the heart of a 1sttime mehendi artist. Who says
#KarvaChauth
is only about keepingthe hubby happy. Collecting any number of smiles along the way can’t hurt😃
#KarvaChauth2019
#mehendi
For the first time in my life I said no to someone and it felt great. I’m tired of people asking me to write all sorts of things from memos to letters to filling forms! You’re a writer so write this for me.Really☠️ ☠️Do you say no?
#writers
#writersoftwitter
#writerscommunity
Wore a sari to an event today. Beginning to love the feel of it, the versatility, the grace. Loved it even more because it’s my mumma’s sari❤️
#sarilove
#indianattire
Can’t reveal much at the moment, but I am now a jury member for a prestigious set of awards I’ve been following for years. From knots in the stomach, looking for a publisher 6 years ago to be given this privilege. The knots remain, but the heart is steeped in gratitude.
#awards
Signed, sealed and delivered myself to this cutie 10 years ago. Who knew a mere signature could buy me a lifetime of happiness😊❤️
#signinganniversary
#mine
#celebration
My daughter just requested her best friends, very politely, to wear masks, without which she would not play with them. The sensible 6 year old has made me a proud mumma today.
#COVID19
#covidwarrior
#MaskUp
Does anyone remember ‘Our’ kind of birthdays? With paper plates, aaloo bhondas,sandwiches, chips and creamy cake😁 With frilly dresses and musical chairs and more relatives in attendance than kids?! Happy times, simpler times❤️
#indians
#parties
#children
#birthday
#nostalgia
It’s that time. A new book. A new dream. Another journey begins with trepidation yet boundless joy. Covid, hopelessness, heartache. Nothing could dim the brilliance of this month. The Tripathis need your love yet again. Pre orders now open for Kanpur Khoofiya Pvt Ltd part 2🙌🙏❤️
Beyond reason, age and intelligence lies the sheer, visceral power of words and expression, often sweeping 7 year olds in the tide as well. And ofcourse we are both
#ZNMD
fans, so much so that I had to include it in my book😄
@FarOutAkhtar
@Javedakhtarjadu
#poetry
#kids
#recital
While writing my first book, I had no laptop. I was on my maternity break and would type on my phone or hardly functional iPad mini and then mail everything to myself to save it. All while handling a bawling baby. Goes to show, when you have to write, you just write!
#noexcuses
Finally watched Ramprasad ki teravi. It broke my heart,took me to familiar places,made me remember some things I’d rather forget and reminisce what I had forgotten.A sweet, sensitive and wonderfully made movie.Thank you
@ManMundra
for always picking stories that are full of ❤️.
After spending countless hours hunched in various corners of the homestead, I finally have my writing corner embellished with these wooden beauties! Yay! What do you think of it? Would love to see your favourite writing corners or desks
#WritingCommunity
#desk
#authors
#writer
Thank you for holding me,healing me&completing me little one. More than anything, thank you for caring so much about the length of my hair, why I’m looking sad or why I’m not eating enough. I’ll enjoy this attention while it lasts!
#HappyDaughtersDay
my baby. You are my sunshine!
There is something so wonderful about being awestruck, being amazed. It means you still have the ability to see things through the kaleidoscopic lens of a child. Full of promise, devoid of doubt and brimful of joy.
#children
#innocence
#discovery
#joy
#Traveller
#traveldiaries
Just finished watching
#SchittsCreek
and my heart feels heavy. Like I’m going to miss a friend. There was something uncomplicated and reassuring about meandering through that small town and following the adventures of the Rose family. Sigh. Anyone here a fan of the series?
December 2020. Here’s beginning the end of the year by living in the moment. I am grateful for my friends, my family, my writing, my fortitude and my faith.That’s all I need in my arsenal to fuel my heart and hope on the dreariest of days. What are you grateful for?
#2020Wrapped
Each to his own. That’s my moderate stance on everything including the celebrations around
#womensday
However a post by
@one_by_two
inspired me to croak my message to you😊 Silence the critics,the naysayers,smile,stride and go forth. Today and every single day❤️
#womensday2021
#sareelove
We are getting quite cozy and enjoying each others company now 😀 Here’s to no more fearing pallus and pleats and many more saree days ❤️
#sareeswag
#KarvaChauth2023
Starting the day in the hope that today someone will think twice before speaking ill, someone will be compassionate and another will pay it forward, that a rank stranger will be kind without fear or favour.When the air is rent with fear and foreboding, sunlight will find a way❤️
'This is a story about imperfect relationships in a world that is increasingly driven by the need to strive for perfection or at least to portray that all is swell.'
@richashrivas
on her forthcoming novel
#ExcessBaggage
.
Read the full conversation via
@ScrollStack
.
Thank you so much for your this overwhelming response, and all your love, warmth and blessings🙏🙏🙏🙏 She is truly blessed. Since so many of you asked, here is some more of the video. Tagging her institute
@liotaofficial
and her wonderful guru ji is Kaustubh Mohan Talekar
You’ll have a hundred reasons ready to pull you down. I faced my share today. But I chose to pick up my vibrant red mug and go about my day as if nothing mattered but the task before me. Sometimes it’s good to think less about the future and feel more in the present
#life
And it’s here!Take a whole bunch of mystery,clues and danger,whisk in plenty of laughs and garnish with some earthiness of the heartlands and you have
#KanpurKhoofiya
Pvt Ltd! Stoked and so proud to bring to you my second book.Please order away🙌🤞🙏❤️
#newbook
#Thriller
#humour
Adults have a penchant for destruction. Love, power, friendship, happiness. But little people make up for our deficiencies with their innocence &hope. In these restless times,I know their smiles can stitch this country&our hearts up ❤️
#india
#innocence
#constitution
#children
Without an obvious weight problem, I’ve still waged an uphill battle against
#pcos
for year, which impedes various functions&leads to weight gain.The 2 kgs I’ve lost during this
#lockdown
have helped me feel fitter and lighter on my feet. 🙌
#fitness
Anyone else tackling
#pcod
?
When one of your first ever stories to hit the audio book world appears in the most popular section, you allow yourself a big smile😊 Infact, I’m grinning!
#lovebites
on
#storytel
app.
@_RavinderSingh_
look at these babies😊
@ruchikokcha
I will never,ever forget this tweet. For my daughter to receive his blessings means the moon, sky and beyond to us. My heart is filled with happiness and gratitude! Happy Janmashtami everyone! ❤️❤️🙏🙏
#Janmashtami
#tabla
To be recognised amidst a tribe that roars with passion,grit & grace is indeed an honour.The cherry on the cake is the category that is so close to my heart and my words. Thank you team
@womensweb
@editorsahiba
@sandhyarl
for celebrating our voices and spirit so wonderfully ❤️❤️
Another contract signed. Another exciting chapter to look forward to. Whether it’s books or screen deals, I celebrate every single signature, pausing to reflect on the journey and looking to the future. Here’s to many more 🥂💪
#Gratitude
#writerslife
#writersoftwitter
#author
Our home stay in the hills. Still can’t get over the views. No wonder people come up to the hills and never want to go back. The air is great, the scenery a feast, the people are simpler and kinder and the silence. Just therapeutic. Are you a hills or sea person?
Cloudy skies, thunder and rain, moody saree fabrics. While this Karvachauth is turning out to be unpredictable, the pre-puja selfies and mandatory posing very much are 😊
#happykarvachauth
#karvachath
#indianfestivals
I miss desert coolers from when I was a kid.They would combat the heat and the ‘loo wali garmi’ like nothing else,that trickling sound of water, that amazing smell, turning the rooms icy cold. Sipping khas sherbet and making faces and noises into the cooler😁😍
#memories
#summer
It’s hard to keep up with Twitter trends and yet I succumb to cheap thrills and conform 😄 Possibly the only picture I own featuring the requisite criteria!
#RedLipstickTwitter
Gajra, mehendi, alta, ghungroo and maang tikas. We didn’t hold back for our Kathak exam and it almost felt celebratory. Mumma and baby had a great day filled with music, dance and joy, even under the examiner’s eye.
#kathak
#dance
#dancers
#music
#gratitude
Three of my little patakhas to brighten up your festive week!
📘Kanpur Khoofiya Pvt Ltd
📗The Curse of Kuldhara
📗 Excess Baggage
I hope that the coming year is filled with gentleness, laughter and an infinite supply of books!
#HappyDiwali
#books
@HarperCollinsIN
#read
Everytime she plays a new taal I think of my mother’s restless feet setting a kathak stage on fire and my father’s gentle tabla beats egging her on, saying - I’m right here. And then, inevitably some tears show up to applaud the performance
#proud
#nostalgia
#tabla
#memories