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…

Binge Watch 2025 | Joey

Reason for Choosing the Show I’m a huge FRIENDS fan. About the Show Platform: NBC (spin-off of FRIENDS) Genre: Sitcom / Comedy Language / Country: English / USA Seasons: 2 (discontinued) My One-Line Takeaway A warm, likeable spin-off that surprised me — not perfect, but far better than many shows that continued for years without…