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
Baking a Cake with a toddler
Tiptoe out of the room of your sleeping toddler holding your breath Take a deep breath before you asphyxiate Pray to whichever powers it might be Clear the kitchen island off toys, leftover baby food and scores other things that you kept piling up in your bid...
The Quagmire – Drama
What does it take to buy oneself some freedom from a stifling marriage, besides courage? Money! It took me two years to prepare myself for freedom. That is what I thought. I had stolen a 100 here, a 500 there, a rare 1000 and plenty of 10 and 20s which I exchanged for...
Retribution _ A crime fiction
Padma stood on the balcony of her small flat with a cup of freshly, brewed filter coffee. It was just after seven in the morning. Just a few hours on, it would be difficult to stand there as she would be assailed by fumes, the honks not to mention the dust from...
Marooned- A flash Fiction
December 2015, Chennai faced its worst nightmare with many areas under water. Newspapers and Channels were awash with the nightmarish accounts of many people perishing in the floods. A fictional account of what transpired. Nalini was horrified to see the...
The World of Customized Dolls
Devika Ramarathnam had divested her Marapachi Bommais (dolls) off their tattered clothes hoping to engage in some DIYs restoring them to past glory. She strongly believes that such dolls made of red sandal wood with its inherent medicinal properties needs to...
The Complex Dynamics of Empathy
“Never criticise a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins,” is an old (Red) Indian proverb. Today in the customer care industry, we expect employees to be extremely empathetic in their dealings. They are taught to spout phrases such as, “I can understand what...