Welcome to my Musings over a cup of tea
Thank you for stopping by. This blog is everything from Mundane to the Serious and all things in between. Though fiction is my forte (I am leaning towards bite-sized micro-fiction of late), I do dabble in poetry, though I call myself a reluctant poet. I love to share my thoughts on life, philosophy, the English language, and last but not least, give some unsolicited advice. The last comes rather too easily, having been a teacher and a parent and all that, I want to tell my wards and children, I write!
-Chandrika R Krishnan
About Me
I am a Bengaluru-based writer and educationist and like all things beginning with a ‘T’ – talking, teaching, tales and tea. I consider myself a late bloomer ..so late that even to date I can say I am only partially unfurled. My articles are mostly on what I want to tell my adult children but don’t dare! On a serious note, I like learning and I do most of them through observation. I also feel that we all are better equipped to handle other people’s problems than our own so I am able to write about varied happenings around me.
I also volunteer at a local hospital and also at a Seva centre that feeds the poor. I take storytelling sessions for underprivileged and try to help them with academics.
recent posts
The Tale of the Two Apple Carts – Flash Fiction
Fairy tales often began with, “Once Upon a Time” But then, I like scores of others often oscillated between belief and disbelief as I grew out of my childhood. Over the years, this belief kept taking a beating. But when 2020 came around with its pandemic,...
Islands in the Stream by Sonal Singh – A Book Review
A collection of poems that make one's heart sing and think Sonal’s debut Poetry collection ranges from sheer ecstasy to poignant bliss. There are two sections to the book - Nature’s Rhapsody and Life's Foibles If the poem 'Languid Morning' made me...
Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde- A book review
Just a Regular Boy by Catherine Ryan Hyde- A book review A five-year-old boy, Remy is taken away by his 'Survivalist' father to live in the wilderness, as he feels that it is the only place where they would have freedom. He manages to convince his little boy...
Almond by Won Pyung Sohn- A book Review
Almond by Won Pyung Sohn- A Book Review I have nothing except rhapsodies of praise for this book. Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia where he cannot identify emotions, particularly fear, and anger. His mother a single mother comes back to her...
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein- A book Review
Another book from my rather long TBR was completed today. I saw this movie some time ago. I remember crying then. I read the book in the last couple of days..I cried afresh. Not the deep, sad, hopeless tears of despair but the satisfying tears of hope, love, and...
The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan- A book Review
The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan - a book review Listening to this book on Audible, the saga of the Martels kept me immersed for days on end. With each war story, I am freshly aghast with the horrors those innocent civilians caught between two warring countries...