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
Platform Ticket by Sangeetha Vallat- A book Review
I burnt the midnight oil for this book. This book isn't a whodunit, nor is it a political thriller that spoke about espionage where I needed to know the culprit. Yet, this book of ordinary men and women kept me awake and I rested easy only once I...
An ode to the much-maligned modern living- An article
“The nature of life is not permanence but flux,” says Mr. Carson in one of the episodes in Downton Abbey, and coming from him who tries to retain the old order was so refreshing. Closer home, I find many of us reliving the old times quite nostalgically, particularly...
My Foray into Crocheting
Way back in school, I had a teacher who broke our knuckles if we didn't get our sewing right. I grew up with a mother who believed that hands are given to keep working. She was a great one at embroidery, sewing, painting and all sort of craft- making. Her...
The Boy who Knew Too Much
It was the deaths that shook the neighbourhood. The cheer cast by the delayed onset of the southwest monsoon and the overnight downpour was overcast by the deaths in this otherwise serene community. The rain notwithstanding, the crowd assembled in sizable pockets...
Creating a Manbaby out of our Men
I watched the recent movie, Mrs on Sony Liv. It is a remake of Malayalam movie, The Great Indian Kitchen. While I had already watched the original, I wasn't planning to watch the remake till I heard a whole lot of hoopla on that. Trolls and Memes galore on...
Mindful Multi-tasker- A short article
This was published way in Deccan Herald in 2018. Mindfulness was rather a new concept then. My sisters and I were somewhat of an anomaly in our maternal side. We grew up to a constant refrain that our hands should be busy rather than our mouth. We...