Tag: #nostalgia

• My father’s home

  

  I wrote this tanka prose on the 26th of November. The tanka prose is based on my visit in September to the place where my father bought his first house. The house was in a most sought-after locale and I remember, dad, being very proud of it. I was around nine at the time and […]

  Smitha V

  December 1, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #life, #memories, #childhood, #nostalgia, #dealingwithpain, #loss, #truth, #healing, #japanesepoetry, #home, #parents, #tankaprose

• Travel : Dubai – the place, the people, the food

  

  This post is not really a travel post as I lived most of my life in Dubai before I moved out in 2018. So, when I returned to the country on a ten-day trip in early October, it was more about meeting friends than visiting places. However, for all those who haven’t visited Dubai, I […]

  Smitha V

  October 20, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #colleagues, #customerservice, #diarywriting, #Dubai, #experiences, #food, #friends, #friendship, #gratitude, #life, #love, #nostalgia, #people, #returninghome, #tourism, #travelogue

• Diary entry -A short trip to Dubai

  

  1st October 2022 10.00 p.m.  I’m travelling to Dubai after 4 years and two months to be precise. Dubai is the place I lived in practically all my life and yet, strangely, I am not as excited as I should be. Maybe, it’s because I know I’m going there for just ten days. The more […]

  Smitha V

  October 18, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #dhaka, #diary, #Dubai, #familytrip, #India, #journey, #life, #mumbai, #nostalgia, #prose, #returninghome, #travelogue, #truth, Experiences

• Published: Poetry- Grandma’s cooking

  

  I’m happy to share my poem, ‘Grandma’s cooking,’ published by Spillwords Press. I had written the poem for the prompt ‘Kitchen spices’ in April. But, The poem is written in memory of my grandma, whom I fondly called, ‘Amma’. It will be 2 years since she passed away as of September 8th. Here’s an excerpt […]

  Smitha V

  August 22, 2022

  Experiences, Poetry

  #cooking, #grandma, #life, #love, #memories, #nostalgia, #poem, #relationship, #tribute

• Book Review: Woman by the door by Kashiana Singh

  

  I’m reading ‘Women by the door’ by my virtual friend and poet, Kashiana Singh. I bought this book sometime in March and I read a few poems as soon as I got the book. I loved the ones I read so much, that I decided I would read one a day so I could savour […]

  Smitha V

  August 12, 2022

  Book Review, Poetry

  #bookreview, #indianpoems, #losspoems, #lovepoems, #memory, #nostalgia, #poetrybook, #sikh, #womenpoems