Piyushi Dhir is the author of 'In Search of Love', 'I'm Yours, The Next Time', 'Silent Promises' and 'Enmeshed Evermore'. She is a contributor in 'Nineteen Tales of COVID-19', a collection of short stories. A voracious reader, a keen traveler, a businesswoman and a mom, Piyushi currently resides in Canada. A nomad at heart, she loves to discover new places and capture the hues of life with her pen.
By Piyushi Dhir
Whether I speak to my grandparents in India, or my friends in Canada or even some of my older friends in Africa, the story is the same everywhere. Everyone is staying home because of Corona! If you don’t know what Corona is, read my post where I tried explaining it. What has happened to the world? […]
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Hello from my home to yours! At least, I hope you are not being naughty and wandering around – stay home and stay safe. But honestly, this staying at home is getting a little too much. It started out as fun because I didn’t have to rush to eat breakfast and get dressed for school […]
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I am not sure if you have heard about this big bad guy called Corona, who is making people sick. My mom was trying to explain him to me and I think he is just a very big germ that is boom-ing people. My teachers at school taught all of us how to wash our […]
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The other day, Mom and I were listening to some songs and I heard one about a Country Mouse and a City Mouse. It was a fun song about how the Country Mouse likes to eat oats and beans, while the city mouse likes to eat cake and cheese. I was reminded of the song […]
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Last weekend, Mom and Dad took me to a place called Barrie, a ninety minute drive north from our home. The further north we went, the more snow I could see around me. Only last week I had been praying to God to send more snow and suddenly it was like my wish had been […]
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Hello! Hello! I am back! Some of you may remember me from two years ago, when I used to post my ‘Diary of a One Year Old’. Life was exciting as I zoomed in and out of Dubai, Paris and Ivory Coast in Africa. And then Canada happened! That’s when I went AWOL. What happened […]
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Last week I wrote about how books and reading have always been a passion for me. I also promised to come up with my selection of favourites from 2019. So without further ado, here are the winners: The Summer Country, by Lauren Willig One of the most beautiful books I read in 2019, The Summer […]
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When I think back, I can’t remember a time I didn’t love books. As a kid, I was lucky to have access to well-stocked libraries at the Air Force stations wherever my father was posted. I recollect devouring books with unconstrained thirst. My siblings were just like me. I think we got it from our […]
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Every time a year comes to an end, I find myself looking back in reflection and gratitude. The idea is not to hold regrets, but to take away lessons from what happened and grow and do better in the year to come. Last night, as I sat by my 3 year old, waiting for him […]
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Ever met a mom of 81 cute kids? A lady full-of-energy, who knows each of her kids by name and can distinguish between each of them, even though they are a herd of alpacas? Meet Amy Kung-Oliver, an amazing lady I had the good fortune to meet in Colborne. My friends and I decided to […]
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