Kamna's Blog

Januar-eally feeling good about 2021 Februar-eally feels like we've beaten the virus March-anges are unwelcome and frightening  April-ots of people get COVID all of a sudden May-ou do some fundraising for relief June-ow we all scramble to get the vaccine July-ing in bed at night worrying a little less August-rive to brace ourselves for wave 3 September-eady to kick it's sorry oriental butt October-eally hopeful that the worst is over November-s of this fiery pandemic are dying December-igghtttt! No cases for days now!

Monday I spent 30 minutes or so Devouring an 80% ripened banana Fascinated by the tiny banana seeds The 3 part geometric break in its cylinder The shape, size and tapered form Each banana, like a fingerprint, unique  My heart is full and my soul is sated Tuesday I cut open a large watermelon  As I made decisive, familiar cuts of chunks I pondered over its resilience Contentment with living just to be consumed Its end, a home in horse or human bowels So fluid, so beautifully rich in red My heart is full and my soul is sated  Wednesday I welcomed the sight of papaya That unique Pantone orange  Fleshy deliciousness in all its diced glory A womb of tantalizingly shiny black seeds Intimidatingly bitter & imperfect outside Concealing a world of peculiar flavour My heart is full and my soul is sated Thursday I grabbed a refrigerated apple Mindfully crunched a mouthful Silently appreciating how wholly sized it is How perfectly shaped for holding A single serving size it'...

Children needs have evolved over the years. They are smarter, more intuitive and curious. Today's children demand non stop stimulation. Society has evolved beyond recognition. Most parents are no longer full-time parents. Most families are smaller with rarely any grandparents and in a lot of cases just a single parent. Most parents are also more proactive and involved in what their children are consuming - be it their nourishment from food, education or entertainment. For a long time now there has been a growing need for high quality education that doesn't feel like a lesson plan from 20 years ago and schooling that goes beyond question papers, Zoom calls and yawning students. More than ever, today's children need empowerment. They need a push to use their imagination. They need the opportunity to apply their evolved minds. They need to not be funneled to choose a career, work till death and scale invisible corporate ladders in the pursuit of money and then some. Their mind...

You know how actors break the fourth wall and look into the camera? I want to do that in a book. Have the main character think about whether this was a book or even say something like "So I told person x how I was feeling and everything that happened from page 124"

For forty four minutes today I napped Dreamless, divine, sweet and deep  I forget this occasionally: Control is a futility, in matters of sleep Elastic is the mind but oh it snapped Might give into the shortlived weep Then it is easy to accept resolutely: Climbing's hard, when the hill is steep My joints jolt, the ones that are capped But the knee can do with some upkeep With this I continue my sprint strongly: Keep moving, or become a scrap heap Potential isn't missing, but untapped  Examine inwards and be ready to leap The point I must propose pressingly: With direction, what is sown can reap My words lay vulnerable; unwrapped Seeking validation, I risk a peep But then I epiphanize suddenly: What I have, is what I choose to keep

I worry about - - not having enough space for you - the available mindspace not being fertile enough for your nourishment. Like a middle aged Indian aunty fussing over a houseguest - the confines of my mind not being enough for you to be conjured with the sass and spontaneity they show in movies. No fiery a-HA! moment would be possible because of all my careful caution -  not being open enough and rejecting you without reasoning You're just an idea who will - - pay only as much rent as would be the agreement  - take up only so much space as per my consent  - continue your tenancy for only as long as I want you around  - stay conspicuously absent unless I bring you front and center to the living room of my head You're just an idea who could - - breathe new life into old, likely rusty, chains of thought - delicately or assertively rubbish old comfortable notions  - change the way I feel about the morning sun  - radically impact my sense of humour about life...