Nanotale #Gift

"What did you get as a gift this Diwali?", she was asked. "Memories", she replied. ...

Nanotale #Choice.

If given a choice, what would you rather be? Subject of someone's attention, OR Object of everyone's attentio...

Homework or No Homework?

Two weeks into kindergarten and not a day has passed without my daughter coming home with a thick folder of worksheets along with instructions to complete the work by the following day. Initially, she would tackle it quite easily - tracing alphabets, making sight words, coloring pages, beginning numbers, et al. Until recently she's started to dread the work. Not because the worksheets are difficult,...

Nanotale #Life

"So, how's life?" "Perfectly app-ed...

Nanotale #FutureChanged

15 years later, what could have been, "She's waiting for me at home", Changed to "I haven't seen her in a long, long time"...

Nanotale #Revenge

He avoided looking at their pictures in an effort to forget the moments they had once shared. She looked at their pictures and each time found something new to love him for. It was her turn for reveng...

Nanotale #3:00AM

One night at 3:00AM, "I ripped a part of her", he cried thinking of her. "You are a ripped part of me", she cried thinking of him. Love leaves, faith doesn'...

Nanotale #LessonsBunked

Life gave him a second chance at love. He bunked that lesson, too....

Nanotale #Faceoflove

"What does love look like?", she was asked. "Like him. Not perfect, but goddam beautiful", she replie...

Nanotale #Regret

...And they both cried, One for giving up. One for giving in. Decisions that are hard are not always righ...

Nanotale #Confessions

"Truly, madly, deeply..., he confessed to her, like any normal person. She laughed, shook her head, gave him a little smile, and said "Silly goose". "She loves me too". Some confessions are out of the ordinar...

Nanotale #Wingsoflove

Even from a distance and in the most discreet way possible, she wanted to wrap her wings around him, hold him inside the most intricate part of her being and keep him safe. He chose shelter in the social media storm, inste...

Nanotale #Ifyoulooseher..

One fell out of love with her for her qualities of giving too much and loving unconditionally. One fell in love with her for the same reasons. If you loose her, someone will find her....

Nanotale #Future

"Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?", she asked him. "Tracing memories of our life, and saying "Life has been to good me"", he said. Life is beautiful when you have someone to spend it wi...

Nanotale #Change

Friends - someone who hears you. Love - someone who really listens to you. Life is not about the choices you make. It's about the changes you make. #Changewise...

Nanotale LovevsEgo

"No one will love you like I did", said Ego. "No one will love you like I do", said Lov...

Nanotale #UnitedbyPain

His days were wrecked. Her nights were haunted. Separated by love, United by pai...

Nanotale #Fights

He fought to let go. She fought to hold on. Fighting helped their surviva...

Nanotale #Defective

"What made you love her"? "She brought out the best in me" "What made you leave her?" "She was defective. She loved me way too much, unconditionall...

Nanotale #Night

In the darkness of the night.. He fell asleep wondering if she stayed awake thinking of him. And... She lay awake wondering if he fell asleep thinking of her....

Nanotale #PrivacySettings

Facebook - blocked. Hangouts - blocked. Tinder - blocked. Twitter - blocked. Whatsapp - blocked. Heart - No privacy settings....

Nanotale #MakeMeLove

"Make me love", she demanded, looking at him straight in the eye. He made her tea while she relaxed. #Loveisinthesmallerthing...

Nanotale #ExistentialCrisis

He chose to wake up to the beep of his cell phone notifying him of social media updates than a text from a loved one. Welcome, my love, to a lifetime experience of existential crisi...

Nanotale #LoveWhatMatters

"What was so special about her?", asked the friend. "She was the only one who loved me for no other reason than for being ME", he said. #Lovewhatmatte...

Nanotale #Heartache

Chats deleted. Photos deleted. Messages deleted. And, in the stillness of the night, his heart ached to be loved in the way she loved him...

Nanotale #Memories

The love bites she gave him faded away.. The memories of how it made him feel didn't. #Momentsfade #Memoriesdo...

Nanotale #Imperfect

"She wasn't perfect. You should have let her go a long time ago", said his friend. "I let her go. I allowed her to be imperfect", he said. #Loveisinacceptan...

Nanotale #Showyourlove

He sang for her on one of their long distance phone calls. "Not good at it", he said sheepishly, red faced. "I love this acoustic version of you", she replied. #Loveisinthemoments. #Showyourlove...

Nanotale #Unmasked

He blocked her from seeing his profile picture on Whatsapp. She looked at the raw, unfiltered, unmasked image of him that no one else could see. And fell in love with him more than ever. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. #Loveisanemotio...

Nanotale #Underestimate

Never underestimate the power of a listening ear, she had read. She responded to her diary with kindne...

Nanotale #Choice

Alas, loving you was never a choice I had to make....

Nanotale #Real

"Tell me more about yourself", asked the prospective bride. "I have a baggage of the past"; "I've made many mistakes"; "I've failed at keeping promises"; "Imperfection is my last name"; ...he replied "You are real. Please marry me", she said. #Loveisintheknowing #Acceptanceisavir...

Nanotale #Happiness

He gave her a shawl to keep her warm during winters. Happiness looked good on her. #Loveisinthedetai...

Nanotale #United

Divided by presence, United by thought...

Nanotale #Everything

"I am nothing", she told him as he removed the ring to propose her. "In this nothingness, you are everything to me", he said. #Loveisinthesmallthings. #Loveiseverythin...

Nanotale #Forever

"I'll take care of you forever", she said "I'll love you forever", he li...

Nanotale #Understanding

"I know a lot of people. I have lots of friends", he told her. "How many of them understand you"?, she asked. #knowingsomeonedoesnotmatter #Understandingdo...

Nanotale #LovevsEgo

"I love you", she texted. Facebook : blocked Hangouts : blocked Whatsapp : blocked She fondled her Love, he pampered his E...

Nanotale #TookAway

"I took away the best of her", said love. "I took away what was left of her", said deat...

Nanotale #Acceptance

He moved in She stayed; He moved out She stayed; He moved on She stayed; He regretted She loved him back. #Oppositesdontattract #Acceptancedo...

Nanotale #Reflection

"What did you see in me? That you love so much?", he asked. "My reflection", she said. #Loveisinthedetail...

Nanotale #LifeIsShort

"I won't be around forever", she told him. "Let's make the most of what we have today", she continued. He realized the essence of her words when cancer took her away from him forever. #Donttakeloveforgranted #Lifeissho...

Nanotale #Rain

She looked up at the dark clouds, thinking of him, tears streaming down her eyes; Just then, it started to rain. The rain gods cried with he...

Nanotale #Place

"Let's go to a place where one can find the soul in you, the human in you, the love in you?", she said, discussing their holiday plans. "Don't have to travel anywhere for that. It's right here", he said, coiling himself in her arms. #Showyourl...

Nanotale #Memories

...And she dyed her soul with the rainbow colors of his memori...

Nanotale #ShowYourLove

Hair unmade, no make-up, wearing an over-sized dress, "I can't go to the hospital like this", she said between her contractions. "Never mind. You look gorgeous", he said #ShowYourLo...

Nanotale #Friend

"Say something"; "How are you feeling"; "Where are you?"; Asked my 3:00AM, Facebo...

Nanotale #Truelove

People wishing him on his birthday - 100+ messages on Facebook, 200+ messages on Whatsapp, True love praye...

Nanotale #Together

They promised they'll always stay together. And, they did. He in her email password She in the tattoo on his arm. #TogetherAlways...

Nanotale #Forever

The Forever between the first Hello and the last Goodbye....

Nanotale #ShowYourLove

"I have nothing to give anyone, anymore. Except headaches", she told him with tears in her eyes. "Sounds very appealing", he told her with a smile. A new chapter started for both. #ShowYourL...

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible - Dalai Lama.

Kindness is not weak, naive, silly or unimportant. I believe it is the highest form of intelligence in the most challenging, difficult situations. Times when you are going through a rough stretch and feeling down, when you feel the dark clouds are always following you around, and that you you will...

When was the last time you told someone you loved them?

I recently watched a video, and it made me realize how seldom we tell people close to us that we love them. That we value them. As friends or family. I thought to myself - What is it the one thing that I would still set out to acquire in life, amongst all the worldly possessions, in the grand scheme...

Nanotale #Thankful

Your arms held me when I was at my weakest,Your eyes called me beautiful when I was ugliest,Your heart loved me at my worst.Oh! Love! I could never be more #Thankf...

Nanotale #DeadSpirit

He sliced every piece of her heart with his harsh words.His ego was reborn. Her spirit was de...

Nanotale #Real

"You are dumb, stupid and a psycho", he told her, spewing venom with his words.Over time, he realized she was the only REAL person he kn...

Nanotale #Misjudged

"Don't follow me. Don't stalk me. I HATE it. STOP IT NOW", he told her curtly.Little did he know, she was only watching her prayers of his safety and wellbeing come true.#Misjudged, yet aga...

Nanotale #Time

Time passed them by;He realized her importance.She his irrelevan...

Nanotale #StayHungryStayFoolish

She fed him her soul.He starved her with inconsistency.She stayed hungry, stayed fooli...

To feed or not to feed - Raising picky eaters.

There is no one safe guarded secret to feeding a healthy child. For most of us, as mothers, it expresses trouble. Trouble eating, trouble with feeding, and trouble with cooking. Getting kids to eat is anything but enjoyable. As mothers we set such high expectations for feeding our children what is "good" for them. What I realized over time is that the secret to feeding kids is to love food, and sharing...

Nanotale #HimHer

Temporary feelings for him Permanent scars for h...

Nanotale #Howloveshouldbe.

"Hello", she said answering the phone"Hello""Hello""Hello""Say something. I'm listening", said the voice in her head.Voice quiet. Recognition instant.#Thatshowloveshoul...

Nanotale #Destiny

The intense relief she felt when she moved into the arms he opened.#Destiny played a role in bringing them togeth...

Nanotale #Humans

He walked away leaving her hurt and heartbroken.Looking past the hurt of his betrayal, she tried to understand him than hurting him back.She created love, he abandoned it.#Humans, I tell y...

Nanotale #MindfulConversations.

...And through the silence they now share, she had the best conversations with him, in her mi...

Nanotale #IncompleteLifetime

1999:Suppression of emotions. He lost her.2016:Confusion of emotions. He lost her, again.Nothing changed. Each time an incomplete lifeti...

Nanotale #Messages

Too often, he underestimated the power of the words in her messages.Alas, the words from his verbal conversations with others could never be re-re...

Nanotale #Friendship

It all starts with being friends.It all ends the same w...

Nanotale #Lonelyheart

A sociable mind entered a bar"One pint, please"A lonely heart exit...

Friends like these keep the doctor away (Almost!)

"Did you know that people who don't have atleast one best friend are likely to die an early death?", said the friend."Really", I ask."Yes, sacchi. It's science". But don't you worry. You have already upped your chances of living a healthy, long and a happy life. "How?", I asked."You have me", replies the friend.I couldn't disagree. You are the friend I bonded almost immediately because of the identical...

Nanotale #Scars

...And he walked awayLeaving behind #scars of unspoken feelings...

Nanotale #Independence

She didn't expect anything of him. She wasn't desperate for him to love her anymore.In spite of the #Independence he claimed, he felt lost without h...

Un-becoming who you are not!

"Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you." - Author Unknown."People wear masks. They hide their true self, even from themselves", I am being told. It got me thinking  - there certainly is something about wearing a mask and pretending to be someone you are not. It changes the essence of who you are. There is a sense...

Nanotale #Diary

"Do you have anything more to say"?, he asked her."No", she replied.The pages of her #diary were fill...

Nanotale #SoulCleaning

Being good to someone sometimes becomes the worst of your crimes.#SoulCleaning #SpringCleaning #Lessonlearnt #firstdayofspr...

Nanotale #Findingways

He waited for her to forget him.She burnt one cigarette after another finding ways to do ...

Teach your child the F-word!

Failure. No one likes to befriend failure, the F-word, regardless of how you sugar coat it. But, inevitably, failure is a part of life. Sometimes things don't work out. At times we don't get what we want. Stuff happens. But if you reconstruct these situations the right way, one learns to create a new normal; to endure, to be more flexible, or to redirect our energies.Failure is extremely hard for...

Nanotale #Worth

Gained attention. Lost respect.Looking back he realized it wasn't #worth ...

Nanotale #Welldeserved

"What did I ever do to deserve this?", she asked herself with tears in her eyes."You loved him", said her inner voi...

Nanotale #Vulnerability

Strong in elegance. Vulnerable in feelin...

Nanotale #Beauty

Hair straightened, makeup, eyeliner applied, she looked at herself in the mirror and said, "Beautiful", with a naughty glee in her eyes.He turned her around, cupped her face, looked in her eyes and said,  "Gorgeous" with a smile on his face.#Realbea...

Nanotale #Price

He achieved professional and personal goals. Lost her in the process.Success came at a price.&nb...

Nanotale #Lovelost

Somewhere between "wanting you" and "keeping you", love was lost.#Lovel...

Nanotale #Gift

"What do you want as a birthday gift?", she asked him."Your company for the rest of my life", he repli...

Nanotale #MorningAlarm

"Huh! How I despise early morning alarms", said a disgruntled colleague."I love them. For, mine starts with her voice", he said.&nb...

Nanotale #ChangedFeelings.

Held her in my arms. Felt You.#ChangedFeelin...

Nanotale #Choices

He chose his friends over her.At 2:00am he only had a bottle of alcohol for compa...

Nanotale #Viciouscycle

Strangers they were.Then became friends.Love blossomed.They got married.Became strangers again.#Viciouscy...

Spread love, one small step at a time.

The world we are living in today isn't the brightest or happiest. News columns are filled with reports of crimes and deaths, that sometimes it's easy to forget that there is some amount of goodness left in the world. With Valentine's Day rolling, this day brings a gentle, spiritual reminder that there is love and kindness left in the world and we should recognize, embrace, and celebrate it for all...

Nanotale #Lost

"Give me space", he said.She obliged. He felt liberated, only to be lost in a cro...

What comes first - Marriage or Kids?

Neither. YOU come first. Sounds narcissist? Don't care. The truth is that you MUST love yourself first before you love anyone else. "Love your neighbor as you love yourself" is an advice more given than taken. How many of us really do have the ability to love our neighbors in the first place? Leave...

Absence doesn't always make the heart grow fonder.

Love is hard to predict. A lot of us have experienced the unexpected, when it comes to romance. In the age of social media, it's easier than before to feel like we are close to someone, despite how physically far away we are. However, physical proximity is extremely important in love to achieve real intimacy. Distance means not having to see, touch, smell and feel your partner in person. There would...