8 Tips to Help you Write a Great and Engaging Memoir

I often wonder, why do I blog memoirs? Is anyone interested in reading my memoirs? I am not a celebrity, then why would anyone be willing to read my memoirs? However, when I look at my blog, I do realize that there are indeed readers who love to read my memoirs. In between, when I …

Beyond Last Wish #WTFOW2018

My dad’s grandmother’s sister was a child widow. She got married when she was seven years old and became a widow at nine. She absolutely had no memory of her married life. She didn’t even have a photo of her husband. All her life she stayed as a leftover member of the family. Her brother’s …

When He Smiled #WTFOW2018

“Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.” Ruku uttered these words with a hint of arrogance and smugness in his voice. His cycle was punctured and we were standing in a deserted field. I was standing there shaking in fear, imagining all kinds of bad things that …

Yasmeen- The Hindu Wife #A-ZChallenge2018

Yasmeen’s maiden name was Sujata. After getting married to her Muslim driver she changed her name to Yasmeen and converted to Islam. Yasmeen or Sujata is my mother-in-law's neighbor. When she was around 19 years old her parents decided to get her married. She was a beautiful girl and ever since she was 14 years …

Xavier Bivera- The Fallen Rockstar #A-ZChallenge2018

Xavier Bivera was the quintessential handsome macho guy in college. He was the heartthrob of almost every girl and those girls who actually didn’t feel anything for him also started liking him out of peer pressure. He was tall, lean, and looked like a Roman God. He was a year senior to me. I used …

Waheeda- The Poor and Smart Woman #A-ZChallenge2018

Waheeda had twelve children. When I met her she was expecting the thirteenth. Her eldest daughter was 14 years old and Waheeda herself was 28 years. So she literally had one child every year since her fourteenth birthday. Waheeda literally begged me to appoint her as a part-time maid. I was honestly hesitant looking at …

Vaswani Uncle- The Alleged Paedophile #A-ZChallenge2018

Vaswani Uncle loved playing with kids in the park. I always used to find him in the park swinging some child or helping some child get off the slide. He had a scooter and kids flocked around him for a free joyride. He used to indulge kids with chocolates and ice creams. My son was …

Urmila Pishi- The Rejected Bride #A-ZChallenge2018

Urmila Pishi was not conventionally beautiful. Her beauty didn’t adhere to the compliance of the Bengali matrimonial market. She was plump, dark complexioned, had specs and above all too educated. Nobody liked an educated working girl as a daughter-in-law in those days. Moreover, she was almost thirty years old and thus too old for the …

Tanushree Boudi- She Walked in Beauty #A-ZChallenge2018

Tanushree Boudi was a true domestic goddess. She was extremely beautiful, good Rabindra sangeet singer, good dancer, amazing cook, her house was well organized, and her kids always stood first in class and won medals for extra-curricular activities, she was also an amazing artist whose alpona used to impress everyone. In one word Tanushree Boudi …