Tag: dailyprompt

What principles define how you live? It was a bit odd. He was late quite late…. my expected guest. Maybe the homely atmosphere of a Sunday persuaded him to spend more time with his bed. I had a bit of preparation left myself. I took out a dove grey coloured tablecloth and spread it over…

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? Like every afternoon, Mr. Bose filled his journal , a big fat diary where he writes everything in detail .. and this is a new habit after retirement that he has gathered . With sudden pain inside the stomach one night…

If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? Million dollars when said I remember those reallity shows where they give out prize money to the winners and yes when they ask what will you do with this amount .. the answers varies and yes it helps me to…

What’s something you would attempt if you were guaranteed not to fail. Like every Wednesday Mohan’s teacher asked him and the entire class to write an essay on ” The riskiest thing or activity he has ever done in life” . This week it was his turn to read aloud his essay after the safe…

What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? I once sat staring at the television screen. An ambient music was playing, it was a collection of several ambient music tracks. The person who had compiled all the tracks together had added a video along with it. It was animated and, in the video,…

What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I was lying down on my bed. My eyes were close. A drop of precipitate formed on the side of my forehead and trickled down the sidelines towards my right ear. I wiped it off with my hand before it could enter the auditory canal of my ear.…

What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? The curtain danced along with the breeze and this is the time when Mrs. Gupta naps for 1hour straight… after lunch and cleaning the utensils this time she specifically preserves for an afternoon nap.. often she has heard people saying and discussing over the…

Your life without a computer: what does it look like? Here I am, sitting with the keys of my computer just beneath my fingers. My fingers are continuously moving and pressing the keys which will make the intended letters appear on the screen forming the word, the sentence, the paragraph I have in my mind.…

What skill would you like to learn? The birds had begun to chirp, the cool morning breeze was knocking over the doors and windows…. a new day had begun. Distorted sound of the radio dispersed through the household, it was grandmother, like every morning of her life she had begun her day rotating the tuning…

What details of your life could you pay more attention to? The lead of the pencil made its stride across the white sheet leaving behind a trail of what would eventually be the formation of a thought. This trail was part of a much bigger picture. The pencil continued to follow an unknown trail amidst…

What could you do more of? On a particular day of my life, my parents had gone out of station, I was at my home with my grandparents and my dog. That night, sleep couldn’t find the path to reach me, neither could I give it the right directions to where I was… we just…

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? We have grown up with beautiful pieces of advice from our elders, the tune of life and the smile of life is carried away only because of the positive advice from our elders. There are multiple advices which we have received and passed on from generation…

What things give you energy? I have seen my grandmother maintaining a joint family, a whole house with so much energy. I saw her to excercise or doing something something extra special to have that energy. She did everything but when comes to taking care for herself like doing yoga, meditation or something else she…

What’s your all-time favorite album? When music is family, the genetics , the culture and everywhere it’s so true that music had to be in blood. Music for us is not only the source of entertainment but everything like knowledge seeking, enjoyment, happy or even sadness music has its own essence. So choosing a music…

What would your life be like without music? Music is one of the most impactful arts out there in the world and the impression a good music leaves on our mind is completely unique in itself. The first exposure to music in my life was through various prayers that my grandmothers sang every day morning…

Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. The aroma of delicious food being cooked… spreading through the household is a remarkable experience in itself. The happiness and satisfaction of having a favourite culinary delight to quench the hunger of mind, body and soul adds to the various chronicles of one’s life. We often…

Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. I was travelling with my parents in our car, it was time for festivities. All around beautiful decorations could be seen. People young and old rushing from one place to another in new traditional clothes. We were visiting my grandparents. As the car was…

How do you relax? “When I was a small boy, just entering my teenage years, all of us brothers and sisters were living under the same roof. Every day I walked to school and on the way back I took the route which gave me the view of the nearby river. I loved to watch…

If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be? Words…. Where would we be without them? They are one of the most helpful and sensible creation of humankind. They have.. for a long time now, allowed us to express ourselves to each other in various forms through different…

What brings a tear of joy to your eye? It’s September a new month with new goals, aspirants and ideas. We often cling to our goal and yes it is important to have the thought in the mind to be productive and keep going . Today let us discuss what brings tears of joy to…