English Language, Literature and Creative Writing Blog

         I read Shashi Tharoor's tweet today explaining the shortest English word containing all 5 vowels, that is, 'Eunoia'. Knowing the meaning of this word, I was engulfed with so many thoughts. Eunoia means 'beautiful thinking; a well mind'. It connotes connectivity of minds and "a condition of receptivity." I have always pondered over the subsistence of Love and its forms. Love, for most of us, is a condition of being fascinated or committed to a person only. Love, for me, is the spontaneous pouring of tenderness from our souls. It is an emotion that lends charm and strength to souls. People may find it useless to talk about the love of souls in the modern tech-savvy world but at the end of the day, we need to inhale the soothing breeze of understanding,  compassion and virtue and ease the pain of frustrations, failures and unhealthy competitions of life. Parents' love is sublime. It is unconditioned. All the forms of love that do not put ...

                              Conveying a message is very significant and when a person puts across his/her mind with conviction, the utterance is complete in a real sense. All of us struggle to find right words to communicate but the simple fact of doing regular practice makes all the difference. This post is chiefly about the several facets of writing skills. How tedious we have become without anything to write for so many days! It is no artificial statement that writing gives vent to a suffocating mind. It helps use the positive energy of our mind. We can begin doing that by writing at least five-six lines everyday. To stimulate one's interest, typing some lines in the memo section of one's mobile, can prove very effective.              One has to keep the heart sensitive to observe things around; only then the expression of  the thoughts become easy and ...

A little child was walking past the shops excitedly and gleefully recording different and new images in her eyes. Her gait and gestures signaled to her parents that she wanted to remain there on the busy street of the main market enjoying the lights and temptations of the shops. Suddenly, her eyes were fixed on a big chocolate cake in a bakery shop. Her mother did not softly refuse her demand but hurled a harsh rebuke at her tiny face. Such actions leave a deep impact on a child's psyche. Psyche is very fragile and delicate- either of a child or of an adult. This anecdote is inserted here to support the belief that words are effective tools to be either used  to hurt people or heal people.  We, sometimes, think we are the best judges of certain situations and we choose our reactions accordingly. We choose to react in full rage when a cool reaction would save all the disgrace and chaos. We end up ruining our precious relationships with our violent words. Furious word...