Balakarthiga’s Blog

  • Six Reasons Why You Should NOT Watch O Kadhal Kanmani

    Six Reasons Why You Should NOT Watch O Kadhal Kanmani

    Okay, okay! I know I’m late to the party. I had a major network problem at home. So, please pardon me with the delayed review. No matter which direction I turn, all that I see now are girls who want to have Dulquer’s babies and boys who would kill to have a live in with Read more

  • Camp NaNoWriMo Prep – The Commitment issue.

    Writing a novel, or even attempting to, is REALLY hard. And trying to do so, in one month, is even harder. Sometimes, you just want to quit. Or half way through, you just feel like the story you’re  writing is pure garbage. You feel like you really want to be doing something else with your time. Read more

  • Writing A Novel In A Month – Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015

    Writing A Novel In A Month – Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015

    The April Session Of Camp NaNoWriMo is here and I am participating! I’ve never participated in NaNoWriMo before, because, I never really thought that I had what it takes to finish novel. Short stories were my comfort zone, and I was extremely comfortable with finishing a story in one sitting. A novel, can be a very Read more

  • Why Our Hearts Break.

    Why Our Hearts Break.

    Heart breaks can be a very hard thing to understand. I don’t think I’m at the master level of it yet, but I’ve got the gist of it down and I’ll try my best to pass it on. Heart breaks are horrible, dispiriting and  nastily painful. But they teach us a very valuable lesson. When you go through Read more

  • Friend Zones: A Case Study.

    Friend Zones: A Case Study.

    I’m going to try my best to sound as polite as possible with this post. The ‘Friend Zone’ is often seen as a very touchy and sensitive subject. And more often than not, it causes a lot of gender wars too. I’m a feminist, and I don’t really like the way the dreaded ‘Friend Zone’ is subjected Read more

  • Things That Make Me Happy

    Things That Make Me Happy

    So it’s that time of the year when I simply cannot pull myself together. My entire system crashes. My mind, body, soul, emotions, feelings and social life just crashes. It is during times like these that I wake up every day, feeling angry, sad, guilty and depressed about things that I very well know are Read more