Accents carry geography, memory, history, class, migration, family, and identity. It’s strange how often professionalism is still confused with sounding culturally neutral.

I wrote a small reflection on what writing 25-word stories taught me about storytelling, brevity, and trusting the reader. Perhaps silence is part of fiction too. #Writing #Microfiction medium.com/@manisha.pun...

Many writers leave manuscripts unfinished not because they lack ideas, but because completion demands vulnerability and risks rejection. Alan Moore once suffered with that. And he suggested: develop yourself as a responsible human first as finishing your work is a creative responsibility.

Globalisation succeeded most visibly in spreading exhaustion.

What happens when love for one’s passion begins to feel like neglect toward one’s loved ones? And what happens when choosing one quietly feels like dismissing the other?

English as a language occasionally feels like it was assembled through a series of practical jokes.

Audiobook narrators: carefully crafting atmosphere. Fast readers: already emotionally devastated three chapters ahead.

Completing unfinished manuscripts is less about productivity and more about learning responsibility toward one’s own ideas, effort, and creative promises.

I wrote a small reflection on what writing 25-word stories taught me about storytelling, brevity, and trusting the reader. Perhaps silence is part of fiction too. #Writing #Microfiction medium.com/@manisha.pun...

Perhaps because writing feels like a process we keep growing into, rather than a title we suddenly arrive at.

Who reads my first drafts? My husband. He teaches English Literature. At this point, I suspect my constant “can you read just one more thing?” is slowly making him regret his degree.

Today’s writing log: 3 submissions. 5 rejections. Still writing. Still sending the work out. #AmWriting

When I said I wanted to play badminton again, some male colleagues reminded me that I’m the mother of a four-year-old daughter. I told them — that’s exactly why. #Women #Motherhood

“The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.” Education shapes people long before history remembers them. Which is also why governments so often try to control, reshape, or weaken it when larger motives take over. #Education #History

In classrooms, silence is often mistaken for disengagement. But sometimes students are first trying to determine whether it’s safe to speak at all. Grateful to Teacher Magazine (ACER) for publishing this piece on classroom routines and student voice. www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articl...

In classrooms, silence is often mistaken for disengagement. But sometimes students are first trying to determine whether it’s safe to speak at all. Grateful to Teacher Magazine (ACER) for publishing this piece on classroom routines and student voice. www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articl...

The tears we hold back in our eyes, and the stories we carry quietly in our hearts; somehow, mothers understand them without words. Happy Mother’s Day. #MothersDay

There’s something deeply honest about knowing what kind of life actually brings you peace, even when the world keeps presenting louder alternatives. Not every meaningful life needs to become a performance of ambition. So, if the life one is living still feels true to oneself… it’s just fine…

Tried a 25-word story challenge today. Surprisingly engaging; and much harder than it looks. Making a story feel complete in so few words is an interesting exercise. More people should try it. #Microfiction #Writing

The ultimate purpose of life is happiness. We spend our lives chasing it, running from pillar to post in search of it. But perhaps happiness isn’t something to be pursued, it is already there within us. Just need to recognise it more often…

As a young girl, books were my refuge. I always knew there were stories within me. I delayed, doubted, waited… But stories don’t disappear. They wait to be written. #Writing

Hailstorm from my balcony today. For a few minutes, everything sounded louder. #Rain

How about we avoid most blatant blunders by understanding the basics of human communication? How about revisiting the idea of the entire confluct resolution? Or how about don’t give damn about anything and just be?

Stories everywhere. Today, I travelled with an open notebook. #Writing

They say we must become fearless. But do we ever lose fear, or just learn to move with it? Or keep pretending that we are brave?

They say we must become fearless. But do we ever lose fear, or just learn to move with it? Or keep pretending that we are brave?

Some books don’t let you move on until you understand yourself a little better. That’s why they stay. medium.com/illumination... #WorldBookDay #Reading

Follow your instinct. Listen to your characters. Don’t hold too tightly to the outline; they’ll tell you whether the story is working. #Writing #AmWriting

Ever been writing a story and realised the subplot is more interesting than the main one? Now I’m thinking, which one is the real story? #Writing #AmWriting

Another day of being told what to eat, what to wear. Another day I chose not to listen. #Writing #Reflection

Writing a novel. Got blocked; not by nothing, but by a better idea. #Writing #AmWriting

They ask why I don’t rest. I tell them I’m a working woman in a patriarchal ecosystem, I’m raising a toddler, and I’ve just begun to live my dreams. Rest can wait. #Writing #Reflection #WorkingMoms

They ask why I don’t rest. I tell them I’m a working woman in a patriarchal ecosystem, I’m raising a toddler, and I’ve just begun to live my dreams. Rest can wait. #Writing #Reflection #WorkingMoms

You give everything; asking only for love and respect. What you receive instead is regret. Strange how losing yourself can look like devotion. #PotraitOfAFoolishWoman #Writing #Reflection

People rarely say exactly what they mean. And even more rarely hear what is actually said. #Writing #HumanNature

Fragments of Truth #6 Clarity isn’t always honesty. Sometimes it’s just a well-practiced version of the truth. #Writing #Psychology #Noir

The same moment. Four different versions. Which one feels closest to the truth? #Writing #FlashFiction

Misogyny isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it sounds like a joke, looks like an expectation, or hides behind what we call “normal.” That’s why it survives. #Reflection

No one audits your integrity. It accumulates choice by choice, the version of yourself you quietly build.

Even time hesitates at certain doors.

Doom scrolling trains the mind to skim, swipe, and leave. Literature asks it to stay. Is the struggle about disinterest? I think it’s attention, taught to abandon depth before it begins. Yet we still dare to say: hope.

I write to understand what remains unspoken in classrooms- silence, hesitation, perception. Teaching gives me moments; writing gives them meaning. medium.com/illumination...

In Hemmingway’s style, a 25 word micro-fiction. Wrote only what’s necessary. The rest is yours…

Reading a book and watching its film are NOT the same experience. It’s the difference between playing the game and watching it. One engages you. The other shows you someone else’s version. #Writing #Reading

Fragments of Truth #5 People don’t hide lies. They hide intentions. #Writing #CharacterStudy

Fragments of Truth #4 The most believable version is the one told with confidence. #Writing #Noir

One-eighth above water. The rest, yours to discover. 25 words. No more. No less.

Fragments of Truth #3 Memory isn’t unreliable. It’s selective. #Writing #Psychology

Fragments of Truth #2 We want honesty - just not the kind that reflects us too clearly. #Writing #Reflection