Christmas: a grief story

Last Christmas, 2022, our spirits were battered and bruised from all the storms of the year gone by. It was our first time without close family and the Ex. The Child and I were devastated at how hollow and empty and silent it was. We had little to celebrate, and couldn’t bear to do anything, feasting…

Diwali

This Diwali has been a happy one, but still bittersweet, filled with memories of my distant childhood where we actually celebrated Diwali in a large Hindu family, and of course my father was still alive and always made it special. I think I’m old enough to use phrases like “when I was young….” And yes,…

Not Pondicherry

And now I am here, in unexpected Pondicherry, to rediscover who I truly am.

Durga Puja 2022

celebrating Durga Puja with the local pandal, eating the most divine bengali food