Yearly recap of 2025, because why not? Wrote Almost Nothing One novel and two short stories under my name, nothing under any other pen names. That’s all wrote this year. Reasons not to be disclosed. So Out of My League After the Bell Rain Because I wrote very little, I earned very little as royalty….
Month: December 2025
Roundup | December 2025
Intro Three months in a row. Am I awesome of what? December 2025 Reading Roundup I planned to read all Indian authors from my shelf. Of course, that would be too much, so I picked the pile from the back of the shelf. A nice mix, isn’t it? 1. The Most Eligible Bachelor — Satyapal…
Wednesday Whimsies | My 2025 with ChatGPT
What fun things we can do with AI, no? Today, when I logged in, ChatGPT suggested that I check out “My year with ChatGPT”. I did and was impressed. Go ahead, check out your year with ChatGPT here: https://www.chatgpt.com/?q=YourYearWithChatGPT Regards, Shabana
Tuesday Tantrums | The Candy Crush Fiasco
I’ve had a very long relationship with candy crush. If I remember correctly, I started playing the game in 2013 sometime, back when life was simpler, my thumbs were innocent, and match-three games hadn’t yet wrapped themselves around my soul like a clingy situationship. From the beginning, ours was a classic love-hate relationship: I loved…
Binge Watch 2025 | News Radio
Reason for Binging For at least three months now, every few days, I see a short on my YouTube feed showing Jimmy and Melanie’s proposal/negotiation. One day, I was just thinking about it, and it appeared on my feed. It was so spooky. And that’s when I decided to watch the show. Thanks to a…
Wordle 1655 | DECOR
Today’s wordle word is: DECOR. I used all attempts but got it right. I’m so out of touch of playing this, that I end up using the alphabets I KNOW aren’t in the word. Silly me! You can play wordle here:
Binge Watch 2025 | Rules of Engagement
Reason for Binging Because YouTube shoved it in my face for weeks at length until I relented. Reason for Choosing the Show Gave a F.R.I.E.N.D.S. vibe. And do I really have anything better to do at nights except thinking of a million different ways of quitting my job? About the Show Bunch of friends dealing…
Binge Watch 2025 | Younger
Reason for Binging YouTube insisted that I watch it. About the Show Platform: Originally TV Land (available on multiple streaming / clips on YouTube) Genre: Comedy / Romance / Workplace Drama Language / Country: English / USA Seasons: 7 My One-Line Takeaway A fun, light workplace rom-com with charming moments — but the love triangle…
Wordle 1654 | FRUIT
Today’s wordle word is: FRUIT. I used all attempts because I was half-asleep I guess? Made many mistakes before getting it right. You can play wordle here:
Book Review | Big Dream of a Small Town | Santosh Gupta
Big Dream of a Small Town Big dream of a small town is a love story at it’s core and inspiring journey of an entrepreneur at it’s crust. Arun was a mischievous boy from a small town named kashipur situated on the bank of river ganga. In his childhood he had two passion -Ragini…