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
Delving into the Historical Mystery- Part XIV. An etymological study
The term “Etymology” is the study of the origin of words. The practice of etymology is uncovering the truth by tracing the root of a word. After a series of more serious words; let us delve into the origin of phrases that would make us have an 'Ah..ah' moment. Bite...
Will you ever learn, Woman?
Hey, you goose! You have done it again, haven’t you? Landed with your foot in the mouth! Woman, you have honed this talent to the extent that you take a flying leap and end up with your feet firmly in their mouth. Why do you persist in doing it? Poor man! He did not...
Delving into the Historical Mystery- Part XIII- An etymological study
The term “Etymology” is the study of the origin of words. The practice of etymology is uncovering the truth by tracing the root of a word. Today, we delve into two words- Whataboutery and Propaganda. Both words are very much prevalent in almost every country across...
Delving into the Historical Mystery – XII – An Etymological study
“Etymology” is the study of the origin of words and the word etymology itself derives from the Greek word etumos, meaning “true.” The practice of etymology is uncovering the truth by tracing the root of a word. Russia- Ukraine war is going on for almost a month now,...
Delving into the Historical Mystery – Part XI – To procrastinate
This weekly column should have been up in the morning but then, I did what I do best! Procrastinate. Etymology is the study of the origin of words and taking this weekly column forward, I would like to speak about procrastination. Etymologically, “procrastination” is...
Delving into Historical Mystery- Part X – Echo and Narcissus
Etymology is the study of the origin of words. Taking the weekly column forward we delve into the etymology of two very interesting words- Echo and Narcissus and how they came to be associated with personality disorders. For the past few weeks, I have been enthralled...