The gifts big and small are forever to be treasured, Not in any material standards can they be measured! People may deny in all humility, But gifts are desired in all totality. By handsome men and beautiful lasses, And old and young from all social classes. Rich and poor alike are attracted, And in no…
Author: Dr Suchita Marathe
Associate Professor in English who loves to ruminate on everyday topics in a fun-filled, humorous manner in small write -ups to lighten up her and others' day too.
Life -The wise teacher
The life’s challenges are extremely unexpected, As they are superbly sugar-coated, Absolutely unknown till time ‘s curtain wickedly unveils, Cruelly throwing us vulnerable at dangerously hidden trials! But yes, these life’s unusual circumstances, And it’s sudden twists and turns, Are the best teachers for -life’s interns- Filling our life’s report card full of intense…
The lost companions!
Some things have always been so eerie! So many happenings have intrigued us for such a long time! This article is an attempt to share my curiosities and insecurities about these eerie disappearances. Let us try to unravel the mystery together. Let me enlist these vanishing acts and their protagonists here one by one for…
Now, Look for that twinkle in the eye!
The Corona arrived and lo! Everything changed. The way we went to office and schools; the way we did business; the way we did our banking; the way we ate; the way we shared our feelings and almost everything under the sun altered in a few days. The pandemic stealthily changed our life, before we…
The Garb
Life is but a sense of helplessness, Pulling us everywhere. We are- Here and we are there, but are we really Ourselves?? or just some Pretension of this and that, To him or her, carrying on our lives- with one garbed emotion or another, hoping that someday would dawn, when we can be ourselves. But…
THE BATTLE OF TROY.
Slanting rays of the setting sun fell on her work desk. Nita was sitting on the adjoining chair trying to shield her face even from the dying light of the day. Finally, the sun said its goodbye to this half of the world and went down to light up the other half. The room became…
On Paper!
The use of this prepositional idiom led me thinking into a deep, deep dark abyss. It was as if I would never be able to come back! Such is the deep chasm between what we promise and what we implement that as I set upon thinking, I went down and down this vale which finally…
Life- skills Redefined
There is now-a-days, a lot of talk about Life -skills. The Google tells us that- Like skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable humans to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life. This concept is also termed as psychosocial competency. And what are the list of things expected in these life…
Guest(y) tales
All of us who have grown in the eighties had to go and live with our relatives for a long time during vacation. It taught us sharing, adjustment, to develop patience and to curb our mood swings, to learn to eat what has been served on our plate without complaints. In the present times, as…
Caught in the web
I am a teacher, but a teacher who loves to connect with students live and when this Corona crisis dawned on this world, I was totally caught unawares. The teaching scenario had no doubt been abuzz with the need and utility of online teaching mediums and how they are student- friendly, as the students can…
