Thank you Roshni, sumptuous is the word! Manisha, personal, political and poetical. sub kuch ho gaya.. you inspire me to learn more about how writing works.. how words carry sounds and meanings and more meaning than what meets the eye.. ♥️
Manisha ! This is so skilled..the metaphor and the marriage and the story of our lives online and off it. Very beautifully sketched. So complete and sumptuous!
No words seem apt or adequate enough to express what feelings & thoughts your essay evokes. Your theme & your expression are a masterclass on authentic, aware, courageous & compassionate encounter with one’s raw reality - tender & strong both at the same time.
Thank you, Alaknanda. I have been trying to uncover why my partner and I have debated and argued on the smallest and biggest matters throughout our 30 years of marriage. Writing and rewriting this essay after feedback from Natasha and Raju Tai, helped me to understand that dissent, debate, and differences have kept us going. Writing that emerges from @Ochre Sky Stories is truly narrative therapy.
What a brilliant essay Manisha! - moving from the personal to the political, from within to without, all the while weaving the story seamlessly through your sharp lens.
Manisha, This is a masterclass on writing and easily one of your best pieces (and all your work are masterpieces). 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. Absolutely fantastic.
Yaar Manisha! Aap k craft k kya kehne...but, as a passionate loud woman, I've come to thank you for speaking on behalf of our kind. Also, I'm rushing to send this to my husband now. Thank you once again!
The first part of this essay made me feel nostalgic about my (done and dusted) married life in a manner that I never did before. I felt the urge to get married again just for those good old fights. This is the best thing I have read in a long while. Congratulations Manisha for this amazing work!
The way this essay takes you on a journey. From the coffee fights to the Facebook to the CPIM rallies to the communist manifestos and to your reasons for right. And then you take it up a notch. Superb superb essay Manisha.
What an extraordinary portrait of a colourful marriage. Celebrating itself for what its personality is.
Banishing shame. Demonstrating radical acceptance.
Thank you Roshni, sumptuous is the word! Manisha, personal, political and poetical. sub kuch ho gaya.. you inspire me to learn more about how writing works.. how words carry sounds and meanings and more meaning than what meets the eye.. ♥️
Wow! Thanks Raju for this high praise. I am learning the exact same things from your essays
Manisha ! This is so skilled..the metaphor and the marriage and the story of our lives online and off it. Very beautifully sketched. So complete and sumptuous!
Thank you Roshni! I am still thinking of the metaphors and art you evoked from your bird watching essay.
No words seem apt or adequate enough to express what feelings & thoughts your essay evokes. Your theme & your expression are a masterclass on authentic, aware, courageous & compassionate encounter with one’s raw reality - tender & strong both at the same time.
Manisha I am deeply moved. And richly inspired.
Just. Too. Good!! It read like a commentary on a closely fought cricket match...until the sudden silence at the end. Kya likha hai aapne!❤️❤️
Thank you, Alaknanda. I have been trying to uncover why my partner and I have debated and argued on the smallest and biggest matters throughout our 30 years of marriage. Writing and rewriting this essay after feedback from Natasha and Raju Tai, helped me to understand that dissent, debate, and differences have kept us going. Writing that emerges from @Ochre Sky Stories is truly narrative therapy.
Your writing is beautiful and so rhythmic, and the accompanying pictures seamlessly weave into the story. Incredible!
Thank you Aditi
Oh, yes. the pictures are so appropriate.
What a brilliant essay Manisha! - moving from the personal to the political, from within to without, all the while weaving the story seamlessly through your sharp lens.
Thanks Samira!
Manisha, This is a masterclass on writing and easily one of your best pieces (and all your work are masterpieces). 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. Absolutely fantastic.
Thank you Savvy! This is definitely high praise 😊😀
I couldn't agree more, Savvy!
Yaar Manisha! Aap k craft k kya kehne...but, as a passionate loud woman, I've come to thank you for speaking on behalf of our kind. Also, I'm rushing to send this to my husband now. Thank you once again!
What an exquisitely painted inner landscape of relationships, in the home and the world.
(For a chronic conflict-avoider like me, this is a gift: I discovered a gamut of new emotions within this new landscape 🌸)
Heartfelt, evocative and masterfully crafted essay. My new favourite!!
The first part of this essay made me feel nostalgic about my (done and dusted) married life in a manner that I never did before. I felt the urge to get married again just for those good old fights. This is the best thing I have read in a long while. Congratulations Manisha for this amazing work!
What a beautiful, powerful bashing essay pulling in the personal with the political.
Thank you Farah
Beyond brilliant! I’m in a trance of synthesia.
The way this essay takes you on a journey. From the coffee fights to the Facebook to the CPIM rallies to the communist manifestos and to your reasons for right. And then you take it up a notch. Superb superb essay Manisha.
Thank you Sanket! Your fights show up in your essays in such admirable ways too!
Stunning! The way you perceive your marriage and your masterful craft of articulating it is awe-inspiring, Manisha 🙌
Thank you Sanskriti