https://www.dinakshi.com Thoughts, Questions, Rambling, Poetry Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:39:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.dinakshi.com/%e0%a8%87%e0%a8%ae%e0%a8%a4%e0%a8%bf%e0%a8%b9%e0%a8%be%e0%a8%a8/ https://www.dinakshi.com/%e0%a8%87%e0%a8%ae%e0%a8%a4%e0%a8%bf%e0%a8%b9%e0%a8%be%e0%a8%a8/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:36:28 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4257 ਮਿਸੇਜ਼ ਕਾਲੜਾ ਨੂੰ ਤਾਂ ਚਾਅ ਚੜ੍ਹੇ ਪਏ ਸਨ। ਮਸੇਂ ਮਸੇਂ ਅੱਜ ਦਾ ਦਿਨ ਚੜ੍ਹਿਆ ਸੀ। ਸ਼ਗਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਦਿਨ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਇੰਨਾ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ ਦਿਨ ਨਿੱਕੂ ਦੇ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਹੀ ਸੀ। ਕਿੰਨੇ ਵਰ੍ਹੇ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਉਸ ਦਿਨ ਨੂੰ। ਓਦੋਂ ਵੀ ਜੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਸੀ ਮੰਜੇ ਤੋਂ ਛਾਲ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ ਨੱਚਣ ਦਾ […]

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The post बहुत बे-आबरू पर बहुत ही शादमाँ हो कर तिरे कूचे से हम निकले first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a5%87-%e0%a4%86%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%82-%e0%a4%aa%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%81%e0%a4%a4-%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%b6%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6/feed/ 2 https://www.dinakshi.com/home-everywhere/ https://www.dinakshi.com/home-everywhere/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:28:44 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4189 As it is a well-established fact that I am a South Indian trapped in the body of a North Indian, I was understandably looking forward to my Kerala trip. I am yet to meet that one person in my life who would look at me and guess I am a […]

The post Home Everywhere first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/home-everywhere/feed/ 0 https://www.dinakshi.com/why-lipstick-under-my-burkha-doesnt-set-a-bad-example-or-any-example-at-all/ https://www.dinakshi.com/why-lipstick-under-my-burkha-doesnt-set-a-bad-example-or-any-example-at-all/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:01:49 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4114 I liked the movie and wouldn’t have thought of writing this blog if there wasn’t a big debate on this movie on social media, largely around the Rehana story line. The points of criticism being how the movie got women empowerment all wrong, how feminism is not about dressing sexy, […]

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The post Puzzle first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/puzzle/feed/ 0 https://www.dinakshi.com/short-story-the-formula/ https://www.dinakshi.com/short-story-the-formula/#respond Tue, 16 May 2017 12:46:59 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4095 It wasn’t my first trip to India. But every time I come here, I am full of nostalgia, a very quaint sense of cheer… and questions. Yes, questions too. I do love India. Even though I have been living abroad for 20 years now. Perhaps more because of it. I […]

The post Short Story: The Formula first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/short-story-the-formula/feed/ 0 https://www.dinakshi.com/bubbles/ https://www.dinakshi.com/bubbles/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 07:41:42 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4089 Oh, this beautiful world of bubbles, I am in a bubble, You are in a bubble, Everybody is in a bubble. Oh, my bubble is better than yours, My bubble is prettier than yours, Your bubble is more colorful than mine, Your bubble is a bit nicer than mine. My […]

The post Bubbles first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/bubbles/feed/ 0 https://www.dinakshi.com/just-love/ https://www.dinakshi.com/just-love/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 14:52:52 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4079 Yes, I see rainbows Yes, the smile never leaves I smell roses that don’t exist Magic my heart believes It’s the way you look at me It’s the way you make me feel My heart goes aflutter My whole being wants to kneel Yes, I am high on love A […]

The post Just Love… first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/just-love/feed/ 0 https://www.dinakshi.com/short-story-tryst/ https://www.dinakshi.com/short-story-tryst/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 04:34:30 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4068 It took a long while to sink in. It was really HIM. Him? How can he barge into her life now like this? Suddenly? Just like that? After ages? At an airport! She wasn’t ready for this. Though she had played this very scenario in her mind umpteen times, it […]

The post Short Story : Tryst first appeared on Dinakshi.]]> https://www.dinakshi.com/short-story-tryst/feed/ 0 https://www.dinakshi.com/%e0%a8%9a%e0%a9%81%e0%a9%b1%e0%a8%aa-%e0%a8%9a%e0%a9%81%e0%a8%aa%e0%a9%80%e0%a8%a4%e0%a9%80-%e0%a8%85%e0%a8%b0%e0%a8%a6%e0%a8%be%e0%a8%b8/ https://www.dinakshi.com/%e0%a8%9a%e0%a9%81%e0%a9%b1%e0%a8%aa-%e0%a8%9a%e0%a9%81%e0%a8%aa%e0%a9%80%e0%a8%a4%e0%a9%80-%e0%a8%85%e0%a8%b0%e0%a8%a6%e0%a8%be%e0%a8%b8/#respond Sat, 10 Dec 2016 07:10:35 +0000 http://www.dinakshi.com/?p=4058 ਲੋਕੀ ਭਰ ਟੋਕਰੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਦਰ ਤੇ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਮੈਂ ਪੂਰੀ ਖ਼ਾਲੀ ਹੋਈ ਤਾਂ ਆਈ ਜਦ ਮੈਂ ਵੀ ਮੈਂ ਨਾ ਰਹਿ ਗਈ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਤੇ ਮੇਰੀ ਰੂਹ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਤਰਹਾਈ ਮੜ੍ਹਕਾਂ ਛੁੱਟ ਗਈਆਂ ਮਾਣ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਏ ਤਖ਼ਤਾਂ ਬਹਿੰਦੀ ਜਿੰਦ ਭੂੰਜਿਓਂ ਚਾਈ ਹੰਝੂ ਵੀ ਸੁੱਕ ਗਏ ਹੋਕੇ ਵੀ ਮੁੱਕ ਗਏ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ ਸਬ ਜੋ […]

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