Hello dreamers, There are two things you should know about me: I am a huge fan of Rajeev Khandelwal. Faaiine. I will live with the fact that you don’t know this genius of an actor, this insane looker, this man of intellect and many talents, this adventurous soul. Sad you haven’t experienced the twinkle in his eyes, the gentleness of his smile, the ring of music in the way he talks. You get the drift, right? RK was my teenage crush and remains so. Just the mention of RK’s name does something to my hormones (*Naren cries and checks himself out in the mirror*) – 15 years since I first spotted ..read more

Hello dreamers, There are two things you should know about me: I am a huge fan of Rajeev Khandelwal. Faaiine. I will live with the fact that you don’t know this genius of an actor, this insane looker, this man of intellect and many talents, this adventurous soul. Sad you haven’t experienced the twinkle in his eyes, the gentleness of his smile, the ring of music in the way he talks. You get the drift, right? RK was my teenage crush and remains so. Just the mention of RK’s name does something to my hormones (*Naren cries and checks himself out in the mirror*) – 15 years since I first spotted ..read more

Hi! I am Rashi. I mean, I am Barkha, but I am identifying myself as Rashi in this dream. Why Rashi? My guess is as good as yours. I overdosed on the Rasode Mein Kaun Tha video a bit too much and the many memes and spoofs it had spawned. Like a broken tape recorder, I kept repeating, almost chanting, Ye Rashi Thi, Ye Rashi Thi, Ye Rashi Thi. So here I am, in my dream, under the spell of Rashi. But that’s that. There’s no cooker, no chaney, no Kokilaben, no shoutfest. Phew! But before I begin, let’s listen to the Rasode rap by Yashraj Mukhate once again. I enter a hospital, wearing a backpack ..read more

A new study says trauma survivors respond to the positive images in a similar manner as to the negative visuals, in a hyper-responsive way. Will this change the course of therapy? Courtesy: Pixabay.com The eyes are the window to the soul, they say, but the eyes can also be a window to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a new Welsh study has found. More precisely, the pupils could give away the pain that the body has been suppressing, incurred during a war, sexual attack, accident or personal loss. But will we care to look deeply? India has one of the worst records of patient care with reg ..read more

It’s been almost a month since I posted a dream. Not because I didn’t see any or recall them. The problem is I haven’t been dreaming funny dreams, which is what I set out to journal and which is what my dreams were made up of in an era we now call ‘pre-COVID’. These days, I only dream about hunting a job, finding a news to tell or running helter-skelter to get a freelance story published somehow. For those of you who know my situation, you’ve already made the connection. And for those who aren’t tuned in, yes, I have been out of job for six months and I am trying to find a profile I like. I am ..read more

Hello dreamers, I want you to watch this video till the end. Some of you might have already seen it on your TLs while others could have watched something similar. Whatever be the case, watch it before you proceed. Bicycle kite by Taiwanese kite-maker Feng Tsan-huang To unsuspecting eyes, it’s a man cycling in the sky. How cool is that. And ooh! Look at that cap – he’s clearly equipped for a ride under the sun. But yeah, I know, we know, it’s just a life-sized kite. So why am I talking kites today? Scroll down to read my latest dream and find out. Naren and I are on a holiday. To a hill statio ..read more

Bengaluru-based journalist Barkha Kumari has finally added a feather in her empty cap. Her newly-minted blog 'Diaries of a dreamworm' has made it to the list of Top 50 Lucid Dream Blogs. The list was compiled by Feedspot.com, a website that ranks blogs, podcasts and YouTube channels in niche categories. "Not bad at all," was Barkha's first reaction on learning the news via email. She was chuffed to see her blog on the 23rd position. "50th would have been a little embarrassing, you know," she told her partner over a chuckle. After the news sunk in, she drafted a 'Thank You' note, which read s ..read more