A Multitude of Averages

As I sat down today to jot down a few things on paper, I realized a couple of things as the ink spread across the carefully measured lines. On another note, I bought this amazing gel pen the other day from a photocopy place and it is probably one of the smoothest pens I have […]

100th Post: The Journey So Far

I got a notification yesterday that said that I had made my 100th post. How beautiful that my hundredth post here also happens to be one that is close to my heart. I’m in the process of writing a book, and what I posted here were excerpts from the book in the previous two posts. […]

An Addict In A Candystore

Is it strange that some of my best writing brews at odd hours of the night? I don’t think so. My writing flows freely after free flown conversations that inspire me. I usually have deep conversations at odd hours with my kith and kin and it ignites a spark inside me. Perhaps conversation is my […]

To Tex, With Love

This is a special shout out to the people who take out the time to read my blog sitting all the way on the other side of the world. I just want to tell you I love you and the fact that you can resonate with my writing and relate to it so much that […]

Birds of the Same Feather

I have never understood why the fake and pretentious are loved and adored more than the realists. What kind of a hypocritical society are we living in really? The same people who talk and slander one person behind their back are now pretending to be the best of friends. I mean, you talk smack about […]

Write, Write With All Your Might

As much as I try to write here on Abscratches I can’t seem to break out of my comfort zone and write what I truly ache to write. I sometimes feel that anonymous blogs have a slight edge to them because of their anonymity. A person can really explore their own depths while hiding underneath […]