Archive - Grievances from the Grieving

#1 notes from a reader: The Shadow of the Wind

disclaimer: this is not a book review. it is an adulation.

Oct 3, 2022 •

September 2022

A comprehensive list of all the things I’ve cried about since my mother died last year

disclaimers: arranged in no particular order of intensity... including but not limited to...

Sep 12, 2022 •

August 2022

Are you ready to socialize yet?

What is it about grief that makes pariahs of mourners? Well, technically, it doesn't. So why do we lose people in the face of our trauma? Presenting my…

Aug 13, 2022 •

June 2022

'Hello? I've landed safely'

A short essay about the first flight I took after finishing my mother's last rites. A story about seemingly moving forward yet remaining in a state of…

Jun 30, 2022 •

A portal to yesterday & tomorrow

Writing to you from grey, rainy, cold Mumbai about a few promises I made to myself two-odd years ago.

Jun 27, 2022 •

May 2022

Where does grief go to die?

It causes deep anguish to remember the dead soon after their departure. How must we mourn the loss with guilt, anger and a sea of painful memories? We…

May 5, 2022 •

April 2022

Stuck in a limbo

After losing a dear one, life crumbles around you as grief hijacks every aspect of life. Routines disintegrate into sore memories. How, then, must one…

Apr 24, 2022 •

This is Grievances from the Grieving, a newsletter about trying to understand grief & navigating the aftermath of loss.

Apr 24, 2022 •

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