Tag: dailyprompt

  • An Eluded Past

    An Eluded Past

    Who are some underrated people in history? I was born in a nuclear family and saw nuclear families around, with everyone’s grandparents visiting once in a while and also some other relatives as well. But none of us children were really truly aware of the extent or depth of our extendedly families till we began…

  • A Brief Happening

    A Brief Happening

    What’s a thing you were completely obsessed with as a kid? ‘Action & Destruction’, yes that is what I was obsessed with for a very brief period of time in my childhood. It does not define the whole basis of my childhood but it was nonetheless interesting upto a point. No, it was not breaking…

  • A cherished Music singing the tune of forever

    What is the best concert you have been to? From childhood for me what was important was family get together and laughing our heart outs with friends but with times flew on we understand friends and family are core of our life and with them comes hope and goals Here let’s meet our protagonist of…

  • Steps beyond Ordinary

    What super power do you wish you had and why? Us, yes human beings. We are quite aware of our existence by this point. We know our strengths and weaknesses as a living being quite well and we are also aware of the uniqueness each of us possesses from within which also reflects upon our…

  • Through the Unknown

    What’s a mystery from your own life that you’ve never solved? A mystery can be something unknown or misunderstood, most of the time unwillingly but sometimes willingly. It can differ from person to person, what’s known to another person can be a mystery to me. I think with time life has become a bit underwhelming…

  • The Direction of Sound I Hear

    List the people you admire and look to for advice… When I think about any aspect of my life, I walk back, back to where things began to make sense. It allows me to have clarity about my life on that particular subject and at the same time who knows, what I may have misinterpreted…

  • Sounds at night

    Sounds at night

    Have you ever been camping? I have gone camping once. It was school time and it was a bag of mixed experience. No fault of the place or the school though, completely mine. This was around the time when I used to wake up at night and watch movies on DVDs. There was no strict…

  • Driving Life

    Driving Life

    When do you feel most productive? When I was school student and would see grownups in the house spending all that time, being fit, eating well, reading, staying updated to news, dressing up and preparing to go out for their work, or preparing to manage the house the entire day; I thought all that amounted…

  • In Search of a feeling

    In Search of a feeling

    What book could you read over and over again? I have been through some books in my life; I have worked with them, around them and still am working. One of the things that I have experienced after going through a lot of reading is that there is a point beyond which I have forgotten…

  • Adding More to life

    Adding More to life

    What animals make the best/worst pets? When you connect more lives to the one you are living, things change, maybe for the best or for the worst, but things certainly don’t remain the same. Even the smallest thing can remain for the longest time, subconsciously occupying that minute space in your mind. A few months…

  • The Name that is Ours

    The Name that is Ours

    If you could have something named after you, what would it be? Nowadays it has become a trend to watch the end credits of some movies in order to get to the post credit scenes. In movie halls where fast forward of a TV remote is not available, and the music is loud enough to…

  • The Hole in Pocket

    Where would you go on a shopping spree? I used to dislike book fairs. I cannot resist them; I like to believe this is one event where I am among a group of people who in majority have a certain depth of understanding. Although I have never tried to verify that and have completely ignored…

  • The Right Kind

    The Right Kind

    Who are your favorite people to be around? I have been more of an observant kind of person and after a while of making my presence formally felt in the presence of people, I like to find my corner of peace and calm and spend some time with my thoughts. This can be a bit…

  • A Better Hope

    A Better Hope

    Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? Every time I think of patriotism, it usually begins with the Independence Day parade. It’s one of the most memorable events I can think of that had appealed to the rise of patriotism within me towards my country, when I was small. The display of…

  • Some Days

    Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end. We all have our share of good and bad days, the easiest of them to point out would be Monday when we are full of energy and Friday, when we want the clock to move faster towards the weekend (given that we have not already been…

  • Good to Eat

    What’s your favorite thing to cook? The presence of water had caused a flood. There was movement on the surface as the water moved around. What was beneath it could be seen partially apart from what emerged above its surface. It was a mess; I could only feel helpless at the disaster that had presented…

  • What’s to Read

    What books do you want to read? I don’t think there has ever been a time when there has been a lack of good books or books in general. I once stood staring at the collection of books of my great grandfather. There were hundreds covering the long bookshelves on one long wall of the…

  • An Understanding of a Different Kind

    If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be? I have always had a dog since I was around 11, but it took more than a decade to truly become familiar with their understanding. Yes, they show unconditional love, fondness for their toys and favourite food, excitement for the walks, hiding…

  • Something More or less

    Something More or less

    What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? The long corridor led to the main balcony of the house and as the hands reached out to open the door. The view that presented itself was dominated by green and the different sounds of nature slowly made their presence felt to…

  • The Required Stillness

    The Required Stillness

    What could you do differently? I have been reading this book about Kings of past and there was a fair deal of conflict and battles in it. Armies rushing down sea cliffs or through the forests or open fields to meet in a bloodied frenzy. When you have an imaginative mind, you wander off, away…