Monika Suri

रात के 1  बजे , सेंट्रल मॉल की पार्किंग तकरीबन खाली हो चुकी थी I  अंत में जब सिक्योरिटी गार्ड अजय घर जाने लगा तो एक चीख ने उसके पाँव रोक दिए I चारों ओर सन्नाटा और बीच में बारीक सी घुटी हुयी चीख , अजय झट से इधर उधर हड़बड़ाहट में भागकर देखने लगा , दिल की धड़कन बढ़ गयी , माथा पसीने से भर गया I दूर एक कोने में एक बड़ी सी काले रंग की गाड़ी खड़ी दिखी , गाड़ी के अंदर से कुछ शंकादायी आवाज़ें आ रही थीं I गाड़ी के पास जैसे ही पहुंचा तो देखा अंदर दो आदमी और एक लड़की , जिसका उसी के स्कार्फ़ से मुँह बंद कर दिया गया था I लड़की ने आशावान निगाहों से अजय को देखा I ” हेलो, हेलो , सर जल्दी यहाँ पांचवी मंज़िल पार्किँग पर आ जाईये , यहाँ कुछ लोग बहुत गलत हरकत कर रहे हैं ” अजय ने अपनी सिक्योरिटी टीम के मुखिया को फोन मिलाकर कहा I ” नौकरी करनी है या परिवार को भूखे मरते देखना है ? जो होता है होने दे , तेरी ड्यूटी ख़तम हो चुकी है , चुपचाप घर चला जा ” कई साल बीत गए हैं पर आज भी यदि अजय कोई काले रंग की गाड़ी देखता है तो उसके मन में दहशत भरी चीख उठती है  और उसे झंझोड़ कर रख देती है I   linking this post ...

I was wearing the RED , but blushing red SHE  was. I was wondering at  the beauty of the RED saree , but feeling proud SHE was. Actually it was Karvachauth festival and I had worn my Mom’s  RED saree.  It was not an ordinary saree but my Mom’s RED Wedding Saree, the one  she had worn on her Big day more than four decades ago. Watching me wearing her outfit , she was feeling very happy. I could see the extraordinary smile on her face and the radiance in her eyes.  That day, that RED saree unfurled many memories before her eyes. My Mom hinted  Dad ” Did you see what our daughter is wearing today ?” Mom was doubtful if  Dad’s mind would be able to race back in time .  But Dad quickly gestured YES to the memories.  I think they shared many memories of their wedding even in that quick glance at each other, may be some of their honeymoon too which ofcourse they didn’t  want to share with me . Here  I write about their feelings & memories which were  sha...

Yes I am fasting today . Today is the Karvachauth festival, which married Hindu women observe for their husbands . Yes I am fasting today , following all the traditions and customs .  But Why I fast on Karvachauth ? Sometimes my mind does doubt about what’s the real meaning of this day and what’s the logic behind. But overpowering my brain, my heart just loves to follow all the beautiful traditions for the man of my life. I am the girl who wears kurtis and leggings in routine, but prefers wearing a traditional outfit  on this day . The girl who doesn’t like wearing any jewellery, loves wearing mangalsutra on this day and feel proud too. The girl who , in routine , is always in sports shoes , is seen sentimentally smiling  to the chanchan sound of her payal  and toe rings. We do have arguments many times, even not talking to each other for days together, but still that love bond remains intact , rather it grows stronger. I am reminded of an incident of my life which hap...

Today on the first day of #writetribeproblogger,  I wish to write about the  feelings of an unborn girl child. The unborn girl child comes to know that she would  be aborted the next day . These must be  the feelings inside her heart which she wants to convey to her mother .   Tomorrow , I will go away Mom , My heart beats for you and yours for me . We have developed a great bond  in these five months . I can feel you . But tomorrow I will go away . Mom , You know I am just like you , I am a girl with brown eyes and black hair , But tomorrow I will go away. Mom , When you place your hand on your belly and  try to feel me,  cuddle me , I feel so blessed . Mom, please bless me today for the last time , because tomorrow I will go away. Mom , When you sing for me , the music soothes me.  Mom, please sing a song for me today  for the last time, because tomorrow I will go away . Mom , I have been waiting for the day I would be in your arms and you would actually hug me .  Mom, please hug...

The month of September 2017 went crazy with #Myfriendalexa.  Blogchatter gave my blog  a new friend  #Myfriendalexa  which further gifted me many new friends. Waiting eagerly for the reading list every week was fun and it was more fun to read all the blogs out of the list . Lots of engagements as a blogger, lot of reading, writing and learning. Actually, a month  ago ,  I never knew what Alexa   rank meant. Why one talks of it ? Why one wants it to lower down ? How does it make a difference to my blog ? When  I came to know of #Myfriendalexa campaign  to be hosted by the blogging community Blogchatter , I came to know a little about Alexa. Actually Alexa is a ranking system of sites  done by Alexa.com . This belongs to the company Amazon. The rank is calculated based on how many people visit your site . If the audience comes from someone who already has a good Alexa rank, better it is for your site. As on date , I don’t know the minute details about Alexa ranking and how does it affect...

#fridayfotofiction is a weekly bloghop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. “Mam , I don’t know what the problem is.  My brother Aadi is behaving differently nowadays.  He seems isolated . Most of the time, he just wants to sleep, and  he gets irritated also over little things . ”  Ajay  asked the psychologist. She reacted  too  busy  to listen to  his problem and just advised  ” I think your brother is going through emotional exhaustion . Try to handle him with more love n care . ” Not happy with psychologist’s behaviour,  Ajay came  back home and  tried to find some reason out of his brother’s  belongings .  He got  panic stricken  when he found  Aadi’s  recent  sketches of jumping off from a building , coming in front of a fast train and hanging from the fan. Even before his brain could process what he saw  , Ajay heard a scream from the roof . He quickly ran upstairs but all he could see was  the  blood art sketc...

U know my daughter has a period in her school , called as DEAR period , which stands for DROP  EVERYTHING  AND  READ  It is held twice a week and i just love this concept. Everybody just drops any work he/she is doing and starts reading any book or magazine of choice. Same was the case with  me   in the month of September 2017 under #Myfriendalexa. Daily  I was finding special time when i dropped everything and started to read others’ blogs . #Myfriendalexa gave a wide collection of   blogs based on different genres.  Reading these blogs  widened my mind’s thinking . My daily DEAR time not only took me to different worlds( worlds of fiction, fantasy , recipes, travel ,……..and …….its a long list )  but also enhanced my vocabulary . I learnt many new words which i had never known about . I had to search for those words in the dictionary to understand what they mean. So today let me  share some of the words that i recently  learnt . You may be already...

When i started my blog a few months ago i would often think how long would i be able to continue this blog,  how could the ideas keep coming, after all the ideas would vanish after writing   40 or 50 posts.  But No, i was wrong .  When you jump into the writing world , the ideas just keep flowing, and for this flow, i am very very thankful to the various Blogging Contests.  Such contests motivate you to  write and read too. You can’t be a good writer if you don’t read. The more You read , more You wish to  Write. Blogging Contests help me in lot many ways :– Blogging Contests challenge  and motivate me   – Contests have a fixed theme and a deadline too. I work the best when given a challenge otherwise my mind prefers sleeping. Such challenges push me and make me realize ” YES, I can do it “. The motivating comments on the posts and the best post badges make me feel like paragliding . I still cherish my #MMM badge for my post challenges of Motherhood ...

Sometimes , I  feel like Life is a  game  of experiences ,  just  like  that  game of passing the parcel which  the kids play at their birthday parties. There is a box containing the prompt tickets . Each player needs to pick a prompt ticket and has to act accordingly . Isn’t same  the case with Life ? God has created daily prompt tickets for all of us .  You never know which prompt are you going to be given today . Every prompt ticket brings a new experience with it. Each experience has its own flavour. Some experiences are positive, some are negative. Some experiences are fun , some are problematic. Some experiences bring  lot of learnings , some bring adventure. Some experiences are such you feel always thankful for and some you regret. Today I write about the day Life gave me a prompt ticket which read ” Adventure of  River Rafting “. It was my long awaited wish. It was few years back that we went to Rishikesh and decided to stay at a  tented accomodation near t...

#Fridayfotofiction is a weekly bloghop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. ” Unlocking Minds ” This was the name of the educational institute where Sammy  was working as a psychologist/theorist for the last few years . Suddenly , he was fired from his job today.  He had to listen to few vulgar insults also.  He sat in a corner , depressed , and analyzing ( sometimes cursing) his queer identity . His queer sexual orientation made him face social discrimination and mistreatment many times. When his best friend Martin came to him  ,  Sammy’s tension found a way for words : “Martin , Am i born in a different way ? Why this societal imprisonment ? How does it matter to the society if i love a man ? I hate  this  bias .” ” But I Love You ” Martin said softly & maturely. “Come, Let’s go to the emancipated world where the minds may be queer but not locked .”  Martin extended his hand to Sammy. The two best...

#Fridayfotofiction is a weekly bloghop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. Rohan was a smart and intelligent engineering student , always enthusiastic, having many dreams and aspirations . He  loved himself  the most  and  had a passion of   always capturing his  life’s smiles  in the camera. Life took a twist and he started loving someone else more than himself.  His heart started   singing  sentimental fairy tales for her but life didn’t want it to be duet song.  The intense one-sided  love outweighed his life’s aspirations and emptiness started engulfing his heart all the time . Feeling battered and shattered , the emptiness weighed so much that he just didn’t want to face the  cruel camera of life. He planned to find a better place than this emptiness. linking this post with Mayuri and Tina  I am taking my Alexa rank to next level with #Myfriendalexa There’s a heart warming  song “Emptiness”  , also known as ” T...

At #FridayReflections,  Corrine from EverdayGyaan and  Sanchie   give a writing prompt to blog about . The prompt for Sept 8, 2017 is Alone Together . They were a loving couple , always  together , always seen holding each other’s hands .  Their love was the talk of the society as they could be seen holding each other’s hands everytime, whether going for shopping or a small evening walk.  Holding hands used to strengthen the intimacy between them as the heartbeats could be felt like dancing  Zumba on the love currents. But after few years of marriage, life started moving on a rocky  and stressy road.  Argues and fights became a daily affair. The heartbeats still  danced but  not out of love. No more holding hands and no more butterfly feelings. Today  the judge had finally signed their  judicial separation papers . Coming out of the courtroom,  they thought of holding   the hands  together once again  for the last time, although their hearts were feeling Alone Together .

The day has come which celebrates the presence of older people in our lives, the parents of our parents , our grandparents. Its a day which celebrates their love, their values and the guidance which they keep providing us in all phases of life.  It’s a day to honour them , love them and show (jatao) them how much we love them . Lets #lovejatao When i came to know of this Grandparents day falling on 10th Sep 2017 and the competition #lovejatao  being organised by Blogadda , i felt excited as i get a chance to revive my memories with my grandparents since childhood. First of all i must say i am lucky enough that my maternal grandparents (Nanu-Nani) are still alive. Both of them are in their 90’s but by God’s grace, both of them are quite healthy and fit.  I call my Nanu as Bade Daddy and my Nani as Bade Maa . Rather everyone in the family calls them by these names. I have many memories of my childhood when we used to go to our grandparents home in every summer vacation. ...

Many times in  our lives , we feel entrapped in  the cages of certain issues. They keep wobbling our minds 24×7  and sometimes get transformed as big problems which actually were petty issues.  If we try to think and work in the right direction , we would find that they were just the tiny cocoons. Just a little push to yourself  was all that was required to come out of it and  free our mind to fly like a butterfly , the one which is so light , colourful and its beauty adds joy around its environment. So the need is   Thoda Push Karo   and  Dil Khush Karo. You had an argument with someone  at your workplace and are not talking to each other for many days , Thoda Push Karo , just pass him/her a smile and see the hearts melting again . That little emotional stir would be more than enough  to add sweetness  in your day. You are gaining weight day by day , your favourite dresses don’t fit you any more, you have started receiving pinching comments about your figure , Thoda Push K...

  #fridayfotofiction is a weekly blog hop which celebrates fiction writing  based on the photo prompt. For the last many years , he was teaching piano in the blind school .    His heart had slowly  developed love feelings for a beautiful , kind girl Megha . Playing and singing  hindi romantic songs  used to  reflect  his emotions . The whole school had the inking .   He expressed at  times but she always gave her disability  as reason . Today also  , just before the start of  the annual musical evening  , he once again opened his heart     to Megha but Alas ! A  big  NO  !! With a doleful heart and teary eyes, he started  his performance  singing along the piano . ”  Ye Raaten Ye Mausam Nadi ka Kinara , ye Chanchal Hawa ………….” There was complete silence in the auditorium  . No applauds , no claps . Suddenly  his saddened heart and bit choked throat  twittered  Megha  ,  standing in the audience she  completed the song “Kaha Do Dilon ne ki M...

#fridayfotofiction is a weekly blog hop  which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt .  I was   picturising    my  future , the one I would love .   I am an old lady , having thick glasses  on eyes and wrinkles all over . With  all my worldly  responsibilities over , I am living  a simple life in a simple  small home.  No complexity of any kind , no mad rush for anything   ,  but Just  You and Me. You know , whenever I am with you , may be just for a few minutes ,  I feel light , I feel calm , I feel powerful ,  I feel like you have taken away all my burdens .  That is why I want Just You and Me. But this  present complex life is constantly pulling me towards itself, leaving hardly any  time to sit with you , love you and be loved . At present ,   I have a big house and  lot many other worldly things  but without You , it   all  seems meaningless.  In future , I just want to be with  You . With You , I feel blessed , I feel at real peace , because you are the supreme pow...

  #FridayFotoFiction is a weekly blog hop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. The memories of the past are revived. Her life had  not  been as smooth as those  smooth legs . Her Mom & Dad’s marriage was an intercaste love marriage . Everybody was resistant. Even God behaved unsympathetic and took away her Dad, just before sending her on this earth . Her Mom fostered her all alone , facing many strains of the harsh society . The life had not been shiny as those stylish  shiny shoes. She wanted to achieve high in studies but couldn’t even continue her school for long. But today , she is a successful model.  With the smooth legs in those shiny shoes , she is now able to well maintain the balance in her life , just like those high heels. The shine has started coming back in her Mom’s eyes too. 💥💥💥💥 Linking this post with Mayuri and Tina Basu http://tinabasu.com

#FridayFotoFiction is a weekly blog hop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. Wearing a long n pretty white gown , she was selected out of hundreds of contestants from all over the world. She was crowned Miss World. She had got so many applauds from the crowd when she was walking confidently on the stage . Today when she is back home, the gown and crown have turned topsy-turvy….Why? The family has rebuked her ….Why ? She is defamed….Why? Watching out to find  why and where all those laurels  are lost . Linking this post with Mayuri www.sirimiri.in  and  Tina  Basu

WriteTribe celebrates writing. The #WTFOW#6 is a festival in which one has to write for 7 days in a row. This is my post for the Day 7 , I am happy I could complete the challenge. I  had finished my studies .  Mom –  Dad had started  searching the matrimonial match for me.  After a number of conversations with different families and exchange of photographs , we finally decided to meet one of the family,  from Punjab. The Would be Groom (WG)  was the boy named Rhythm, who was tall, fair n handsome.  I  had also liked his pic at the very first sight, and I loved his name too. Another point which  moved my heart was ,  he had mentioned in his profile that coffee and music were  his love .  Actually this  guy Rhythm  had got his professional education in music and he was working in the same field. His parents were retired professors from a college.   The family was invited for tea at our home  for the next day. My heart started feeling butterflies , as it was to happen for the fi...

WriteTribe celebrates writing. The #WTFOW#6  is a festival in which one has to write for 7 days in a row. This is my post for Day 6. GUEST INTERVIEW : MY BLOGGER FRIEND Today I have a blogger friend  with me at my blog.  She is Gayatri Gadre from Mumbai, India. She has been   blogging for the last six years. She has written an ebook Off Beats which is a lovely  travel book. The book includes many wonderful destinations around the world. You would love reading this book which will take you to Mumbai, Malaysia n Scotland . By profession , Gayatri provides digital marketing services to companies.   She blogs at b-young-forever.blogspot.in . She has a long list of followers.  She is an inspiration to many other bloggers . You can check her blog here. My blogger friend Gayatri Gadre’s family  is   the biggest pillar of strength in her life. She  thanks her husband for not being  a traditional husband and who always keeps motivating  her to use her  abilities. Her Mom is a retired law...