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Celebrate the mundanes, the joy of little things: Springs of musings and showers of stories

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thebluebutterfly

Author: Anuradha Babu

Here is the blue butterfly: Blue, the color, chosen by the sky and the sea, that gives space to be imaginative, intuitive and inspiring. Butterfly, a simple soul, bright and blissful, light and joyous, bringing hope. Believes in "Lagom", not too much, not too little, just right ...the perfect-simple!!!
The lost lunchbox
Memoir
  • May 1, 2022
  • 6 min
  • 3 years
  • 850 words

The lost lunchbox

At the age of five, I fell in love with a lunchbox at the first sight. It was gifted to me by my paternal grandmother when I started going to school. It was indeed unique, triangular […]

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B for Biriyani
Musings / Passion
  • July 11, 2021
  • 2 min
  • 4 years
  • 157 words
Tagged Gastronomic

B for Biriyani

Once upon a timeFrom Persia to IndiaSailed all the wayAnchored for agesEnslaved our tastesBefriended our heartsConquered our cuisineCaptured our platterA mighty hodgepodgeA magical mishmashAscended the throneCrowned as the QueenTo pamper our palateTo tickle our taste […]

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Petrichor
Musings
  • March 29, 2021
  • 2 min
  • 4 years
  • 171 words
  • 2
Tagged Romancing the rain

Petrichor

The sombre sky opened its wardrobe To drape itself in a deep dark gray Clouds stood profoundly pregnant With dense tears of an arid land A sweet melancholy drifted in disguise As the wistful wind […]

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My six-yard soulmate
Passion / Relationship
  • March 21, 2021
  • 4 Comments on My six-yard soulmate
  • 4 min
  • 4 years
  • 534 words
  • 1
Tagged Sari

My six-yard soulmate

I cannot quite clearly recollect when exactly my kinship with her began. But my earliest memory about her is the crispness that I felt on holding her loose end. I was posing for a photograph […]

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Hello forty
Hindsight / Relationship
  • March 21, 2021
  • 6 min
  • 4 years
  • 829 words
Tagged Relationships

Hello forty

Two years back I happened to greet the fortieth year of my life with a gracious hello.Since then I am looking forward to the most exciting era of my life which I trust will nurture […]

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Cognitional metamorphosis
Hindsight
  • March 20, 2021
  • 2 Comments on Cognitional metamorphosis
  • 4 min
  • 4 years
  • 555 words
Tagged Cognitional metamorphosis

Cognitional metamorphosis

I am unable to recollect when exactly the word “judgmental” started to revolve in the orbits of my cognitive domain. This phenomenon probably began when I took a random detour and wandered with an analytical […]

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Fly the nest
Relationship
  • March 19, 2021
  • 3 Comments on Fly the nest
  • 2 min
  • 4 years
  • 273 words
Tagged Daughter

Fly the nest

My little birdie, all set to fly Eighteen years, past hatch-out As she steps, on the last of teens To fly the nest, to build her nest Cherubic smiles,those lit my life Trickling tears, that […]

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Through the lens
Hindsight / Relationship
  • March 18, 2021
  • 4 Comments on Through the lens
  • 4 min
  • 4 years
  • 476 words
Tagged Children

Through the lens

Whenever I flip through my gallery this picture implants a portrait in me.I feel it represents the tenet of an attached detachment of which I am an ardent advocate. I believe that the distance between […]

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Hello world!
About thebluebutterfly / Who am I ?
  • March 10, 2021
  • 5 Comments on Hello world!
  • 1 min
  • 4 years
  • 15 words
Tagged Who am I?

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

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The lost lunchbox
Memoir
The lost lunchbox

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