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 MEAN MOTHERS
There are no children alive who do not say, " I hate you," to mothers or "You are the meanest mother of all." I believe that mothers are doing a good job if your child throws those words at you. This piece so resonates with me- for most growing-up children view...
Life is Like Hot Chocolate- A Story
We are living in a very competitive world. Competing and comparing is all a part of the game. This story about the professor and hot chocolate doesn't fail to resonate with my class in almost all my sessions. Personally too, I love this anecdote. Life is Like Hot...
An Obituary to Common Sense- A humorous reminder
A few months ago, I was taking the night train to Chennai. A young lass, a mobile phone wedged to her ear, gestured a man sitting on the side berth to denote that he was sitting in her allotted seat. The train had just left Bangalore Cantt and I was idly watching the...
The Mango Tree- Some Learnings, Some Teachings
5th June is commemorated as world's environment day. What better than to share my favourite story of a tree as the first week's post for season two of Blogaberry Dazzle? This story is one of my favourite ones on the bountiful nature of trees and the...
Sharmaji Aur Beti- Radhika Acharya- A book review
This isn't a biography, the author says in her prologue and technically it isn't one. Yet, it deals with the life of Dr. NGK Sharma and the words flow with finesse from his daughter's pen. Then what shall we call it? People tend to veer towards biography of famous...
When The Hunter turns Hunted- A Flash Fiction
He helped himself to the size-eleven shoes left outside the kitchen door of the farm house. He had just enough time to vault over the fence earning himself a deep scratch in his forearms before the dog managed to make a meal of his limbs. “I am getting soft!”...