When Life Happens, You Write
When you’re a writer-at-large, you let life happen to you. That way, you let your eyes steal everything that they see, put a spin on it and spill onto paper / machine some “stream of consciousness” kinda cool stuff. And if I am a true writer-at-large, it’s only fair that I must observe, muse and write about it.
I Was Not There – A Short Story Collection By Rachana
* 2010: Rwanda: Genocide, Love and Resilience: This piece is close to my heart, as it is semi-autobiographical, but the story line is pure fiction. It is a tribute to a person in my life, who has been a great influence on me. His name, profession, his location...
Writer-At-Large – Meet Lincoln, 7 And Kingston, 5
* This is about Kingston and Lincoln, the two lovely boys I met at a beach in Panama City. At the end, I will also write about sea oats, that tall grass we see lining up beach shores. It's upto you to find the connection I'm making between them. * ...
Writer-At-Large – Spaniards, Siestas and The Camper’s Life – A Picture Book
* Our connection to nature doesn't have to cost us anything. We don't have to do around it, we just simply have to be. We can lie down under the shade of a tree, we can let our fingers dip lazily into the river, or just stare at the endless sky above us. ...
Writer-At-Large – The Atlanta Airport
* When you're a writer-at-large, you let life happen to you. That way, you let your eyes steal everything that they see, put a spin on it and spill onto paper / machine some "stream of consciousness" kinda cool stuff. After COVID, life somehow feels throbbing...
Writer-At-Large – A Camping Story: Embracing Mother Nature To Find Ourselves
* One of America’s favorite pastimes, primitive camping (add electricity and bathrooms for an extra fee), has turned me into a renegade city dweller. For a couple of days, I remained off the grid, but still managed to snap a few pictures to revisit the place I...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian-American Mom with a Pizza Predicament
* * On any given Friday night you will see me putting my van into gear, family in tow, first stopping at the video store, then at the pizza place and finally making a "drive through" stop at the package (please read liquor) store. After getting...
Writer-At-Large – When The Indian-American Mom Goes Clubbing
* Google maps reminds me that I am 500 yards from the destination after I have just cautiously taken a left onto a poorly lit gravel parking lot. Night clubs seem to like the appeal of appearing incognito all the while being inherently orgasmic in our thoughts. I...
Writer-At-Large – Hebrew 6:19 – Hope Is The Anchor To The Soul
* A boy, who doesn't seem to be 10 yet, comes and asks me for my phone at Barnes and Noble. I look at his bald head and wonder silently, "childhood cancer?" Its little over 8pm on Thursday evening and I'm sitting with my 8 year old reading about Anne Frank's...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Thursday
* Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad’s mom), Boys – 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. * Continued from Wednesday * Thursday I copy hand written notes of a book called Belle Cora onto the computer wondering all the while if I...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Wednesday
* Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad’s mom), Boys – 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. * Continued from Tuesday * Wednesday I wake up with my hair flying off in the wind and to a screeching sound of brakes before we hit a wall....
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Tuesday
* Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad's mom), Boys - 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. * Continued from Monday * Tuesday I wake up Ky at 7am and he complains that his nada (a rope that's used to hold a petticoat up underneath a...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Monday
* Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad's mom), Boys - 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. * Monday Morning, I kill a cockroach in the sauna at the gym appropriately named, “Crunch”. A Swami (Hindu learned man) is visiting our temple this week in...
Writer-At-Large – The Modern Family and The Marital Adversity
* On Sunday at 4am along the south east coast of India, a woman sleeping next to her 9 month old infant sat up on the berth of a moving train, collapsed on the floor, frothed at the mouth and died. Her husband of 3 years sought help in the next station the...
Writer-At-Large – Once in a While, Listen to Those Throaty Crickets
* One of America's favorite pastimes, primitive camping (add electricity and bathrooms for an extra fee), has turned me into a renegade city dweller. For a couple of days, I remained off the grid, but still managed to snap a few pictures to revisit the place I...
Writer-At-Large – A Krash Kourse on The Kardashians
* Tag line: From the perspective of the Indian-American experience. Below is the quickest way to educate yourself about the most coveted reality family of America. The Kardashian - Jenner family. Bruce Jenner WAS the family patriarch, the dad of some 15 kids....
Writer-At-Large – Teaching the Law of Dharma to the ISIS
* Spoiler alert: This essay is committed to making a point in gravitas, which I have understood can only be done by not expressing myself in emojis or the texting slang language. * Dear ISIS, Did you know that irrespective of religion and cultural...
Writer-At-Large – The UBER App and It’s Human Heart Beat
* “I don't really need to go to Church. If I am feeling low, I just pray. What will God do that you can't do for yourself anyway?” Words of wisdom from a 23 year old Haitian-American UBER taxi driver, Ernst. * What would a 40 billion dollar company...
Writer-At-Large – The 2014 Indian-American Documentary
* Disclaimer: Dear friends and family, life in 2014 for the Somayajulas has been more than spectacular. In fact, our year has been filled with mind-numbing mundane details. Please accept this heavily exaggerated Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year photo...
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