My BAGWATI! Today I received my new bag. It is a multi-chain navy blue convertible backpack. Convertible because the backpack straps could be hidden inside a compartment, and it looks like an office handbag. I loved it the moment I saw it online, and around the same time, our family friends wanted to gift me something on account of my book being published, so this bag! Taking this bag in my hand flooded me with memories of the bags that I have used and bought so far. The most exciting thing during school reopening time was buying a new bag every year. Which included convincing Mumma that the old bag is not enough, or it's torn, or about to become non-functional soon. And then going for bag shopping was like an event, similar to buying a house; both are equally difficult things to choose. Touching the bags, feeling them, fidgeting with the chains, looking at how spacious the interior of the bag is, will it be able to fit our tiffin and bottle (the most important things in a bag), an...
Yesterday (21st November) was World Television Day, and coincidentally, this month I chose TV for my blog! We all have a TV story of our own, and TV has told us so many stories. TV was the first place where we, as kids, had choices because we chose our favorite cartoon, channel, visuals, and sounds. We saw TV with parents, grandparents, friends, and family too, due to which we saw all types of content, and not what our algorithm wants to show us! Along with favorite shows, we had our favorite advertisements too, which made us unmute the sound and watch over and over again. For almost 10 years, after coming home from school, I had a fixed TV time, which was from 3 pm to 4 pm. It used to be a race against time to change from uniform, grab some snacks, and switch on the TV sharp at 3. And then the next 1 hour was the best me-time from hoping to have one Doremon for myself, to never questioning why Nobita was always in class 5th, to believing that the time machine was in a drawer, to ...