Anita Satyajit

Friendships, feelings and forgiveness

I have few close friends and even fewer people seem to get me. At first I thought there was something wrong with me. Then I felt that I didn’t communicate enough. With time I have realized that the problem is dual. First of all, I don’t speak too much about me. When I don’t speakContinueContinue reading “Friendships, feelings and forgiveness”

Rolling in the deep

Over a period of 6 years, I gave up most things that brought me joy. Why, I don’t know. I didn’t even notice it. Books slipped past me, music climbed charts and fell, steps disappeared from the feet. I lost joy in my work and it became more about money, I ignored my health soContinueContinue reading “Rolling in the deep”

Inside you is an Ugly Betty

Inside you is an Ugly Betty, an Elle Woods or a Desperate Housewife. A flawed woman, an imperfect woman eager to make herself more perfect for someone else, to be what someone else thinks of them, someone who is sometimes overwhelmed by the things she doesn’t have but wants to live a happier life andContinueContinue reading “Inside you is an Ugly Betty”

Conversations with God

An excerpt from a conversation with my 2yr 8 month old :- Me: You keep asking me why for every little thing Pranav. I don’t know everything! Pranav: Why don’t you know everything? Me: Because only God knows everything and I am not God. Pranav: I know everything. I am God. Me: Fine. You areContinueContinue reading “Conversations with God”

First Draft

Has already been edited. Here is the second. ……. The moon emerged from her mouth. She swallowed the universe whole, chewed on little planets, pushed aside galaxies with her tongue till comets came rushing out Laughing, tumbling over each other zooming away before they clash into smoky nothingness. Little asteroids falling out burnt the moon’sContinueContinue reading “First Draft”

Being a woman

is learning to be ok with what you dislike to be happy, sad or neutral, learning to live your emotions making an uninfluenced choice is finding freedom in little things – a meal, book or dance, to float even when you think life is tied down, to sink so you rise above is knowing toContinueContinue reading “Being a woman”

Discovering Humility in myself

Today a random book I was reading taught me a valuable lesson on humility. The book had nothing to do with writing, ego or humility, but as I was reading it I realized that in the past two years I had let my ego, rise, soar and float high above. Why? I don’t know. IContinueContinue reading “Discovering Humility in myself”

Late update

Chicken Soup for the College Soul (Indian edition) released earlier this year. One of my stories is in it. Do buy it/read it and let me know if you liked it.

Boston- First Look

Boston, a set on Flickr.

6 bags and a new life

As I filled bags with thing to bring to the US, I scanned through seven years worth of accumulated things. Some things I gave away, others I packed and stored. But the memories, lessons, gains and losses of seven years have all come here with me. Sitting on the flight, I was determined to makeContinueContinue reading “6 bags and a new life”