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IT FOLLOWS YOU mentioned in Indusage Magazine
New book is here- IT FOLLOWS YOU by Keran Pannth Joshi
Heya!
Very happy to announce that my 3rd book baby is here.
Below is the book blurb. If this excites you, I am sure the book will too!
BE READY TO MEET YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE!
A curse, an evil-eye, a spell, or the demon – IT FOLLOWS YOU… in different forms. Evil lurks at every corner, ready to follow you when you least expect it, waiting to take a macabre turn.
Twelve lives. Multiple curses. One Fear.
Traversing through the dingy lanes of the hinterland to busy streets of metro cities, these stories will tap your fears, make you question your beliefs, and leave you thinking.
Are you really alone?
Somewhere in between the periphery of believe-it-or-not, these twelve lives experience the untold in unimaginable ways, where evil follows them… choking, haunting, and crushing their spirits. Slithering into their dreams and trapping them. Will they survive? Or scumble to evil?
From the best-selling author of Check-in Check out-and the Horrors within, comes a collection of twelve crisp, fast-paced and uncanny stories, which will take you on a thrilling ride of mystery, adventure, and horror. These stories will make your skin crawl and stay on your mind for a long time.
You can’t run, you can’t hide.
It knows where you reside.
It knows your smell, your breath.
It wants to see through your eyes, and speak through your throat.
Sucking you bit by bit, it stays till your existence ceases.
Don’t move a bone and don’t turn back!
MY LOVELY OLD GRUMPY MAN
My first memory of him was calling him ‘Babu’ (meaning father), because my teenage uncles around me called him so. It was only later that I started calling him Dadaji. Dadaji, the tough man who really was a softy inside. He was my favourite person growing up. I remember the impact he had on others, and rightly so, being principle of the Village school. People were scared of him as he would not tolerate loose talk or unjust behaviour.
A medium height, skinny built, with beautiful freckles on his face and his shiny silver hair. He liked wearing his white Nehru cap when going out. But not when he was in Delhi, because if you knew him, he did know how to dress up according to occasion and place.
My favourite memories of him are of my childhood when yours truly was the only grandchild he had! I remember one day when the house was getting painted, I made permanent indentations on the fresh white paint saying ‘I love my Dadaji’, he smiled. It was faint smile outside and I am sure he was beaming with joy inside. That mark stayed for long and so did his smile on seeing that.
Back in the days he liked having tobacco, which he generally put in a small stainless-steel box which he called ‘Surti ka dabba’ and was always tucked away in his pockets. I remember telling him worriedly about his possibility for getting an oral cancel after seeing a TV commercial. He laughed off and said its tasty. I literally snatched that box and tasted Tobacco. Needlessly to say it was bad and I threw his box. Obviously, he got a new one! But from last decade he had been religiously following healthy eating and lifestyle habits.
When people think of him, they think of him as a tough man. Not a muscular sort of person, but still had a lot of charisma and charm. He knew how to have a conversation with anyone and the right timing.
But now, he is gone. Never to return back. The finality of it is difficult to come to terms with but there is a bit of satisfaction in knowing that he lived a long and happy life.
The grief of loosing him is still there. But at least now I will have someone up there who will listen and who I can talk to.
His demise really shook me and gave an insight about life and death. And somehow, I am sure, he has gone to a better place, which is beautiful and serene and full of adventure and fun at the same time. Which is free from bodily aches, pains and aging. I am sure he has united with Dadi and Bua up there, and who knows maybe he is chuckling from up there.
The news also gave me time to really collect all his memories and acknowledge the wonderful teacher and parent he had been to his Mother less children. I can, now understand what lengths he would have gone to build his own house and have all modern amenities and to provide for all his kids in his life time.
I remember the house he had built in his village on his own, which was quite lavish. Ours (If I can say so) was the first and only house for so many years which had a swimming pool, TV and refrigerator. It was the place where Villagers assembled every Sunday morning to watch runs of Ramayana on Telly. Imagine some 100 of villagers trying to squeeze in a big living room. What a sight it used to be!
For some reason, I dreaded this would happen in 2020. I had plans to meet him in April and then in September. But now there are only regrets! About that 1 phone call I could have done, about this corona ridden world which has travel restrictions.
They say, the departed people stay here for next 12 days. And they also say that if you love someone put it out there in the universe so they know. So that’s what I aim to do. Also this is my only release. I want this to go out there in the universe, and for him to know that -He was loved and very much so. Writing this, an unexpected grief suddenly hits me…I have no grandparent anymore.
…. but I am sure, we will meet again. Till then, it’s a good bye!
7 Habits that can change your life
Exactly this time last year, I went through a phase. I was frustrated, Irritated and bored. Nothing excited me, and I knew I had to change something. Slowly, with a lot of effort I inculcated the below habits and after one year I can safely say that that was the best decision I ever took.
Read below and see if you can include the habits too. It won’t Hurt. I promise!
1. Get Up early: Seriously, this habit will change your life forever. I started doing this from last year and I was amazed how I could complete so many chores. If you know me personally you would know how lazy I can be, and life has always given me Jobs where I am not needed in the office early in the morning 😊 So, basically, I have always chilled. But this changed from last year and what a difference this has made left me speechless. Getting up early doesn’t mean you have to get up at 5 or 6 am. If you generally get up at 8, may be get up at 7 or 7:30 am.
2. Exercise: No matter whatever you want to do-Pilates, Yoga, Cross Fit, Gym or a casual walk. Just pick something and follow that religiously. You would be amazed how this will change your lifestyle.
3. Clean your workspace/room: Pick one day where you clean your Sh*t. Weather its washing your laundry, taking care of yourself-waxing, nails etcetera. It can be a Saturday or a Sunday if you are working Mon-Fri.
4. Prep your meal: Prepping your meal a day before or a week before will save so much of time. This habit really helped my hubby and I to get ‘we time’ after coming home from hectic 9-5 job.
5. Read-Read-Read: Just read. Read something. Anything. Newspaper. A fiction book in Kindle. A nonfiction. Just make it a point to read something even if it is for 15 minutes in a day. I was reading blogs on my way back home in the train and I just love that time in the day. I read all fun thing- Film reviews, general blogs on life, reviews on Makeup stuff.
6. Use Organiser- Having an organiser will help you in jotting down things you want to/need to/should be doing. There are so many organisers in the market. You can have professional, personal, meal prep organisers. I had been using just a plain notebook from Typo to organise stuff but have recently ordered a beautiful Kikki K leather organiser.
7. Don’t check social sites Often: Seriously I have been struggling with this one though. But I have found out that this eats all our time in the day. Also, on social sites it seems everyone is having fun, getting a new house, getting married, travelling. Basically, it feels like everything is rosy with others and life sucks this side. But this isn’t the case. Just concentrate on your life and don’t take anything on social sites too seriously.
Hope you can pick up at least one of the above habit. I strongly feel that this will have a good impact on your life 😊
Here is a picture of my reading corner for 7 days as I am road tripping across tasmania. This house is a beautiful little cottage overlooking the beach. Absolutely lovely!
Love
Kjo
Sometimes…. its okay to….
I am alive and well thankyou for asking! This is just a random post about the nothingness I have been feeling from past few months.
NOTHINGNESS…. yes, I can now say that as I feel a void. A void of not achieving anything(which is huggee for me). But I have, started appreciating this lacunae. Simply because it is okay to not achieve anything for a while and…. to just…..
Sit
Relax
Observe
Recuperate
Prepare
Appreciate
Stand still
To do nothing. To be silent. To admire the beauty around. To feel the wind in your hair. To step out without makeup. To observe how beautiful the leaves on the tree are. To observe how different each tree is. To play with your cute dog. To just look at him( the dog, i mean) and wonder how an overload of cuteness can be crumbled in a single being. To not think and just be…
To just be.
What are your thoughts?
And as random as this post is… here is a random picture of my dog doing nothing. Yes! He is a cuteeeie and I can totally eat him… 😜 
Today
….. so everything has changed! I have moved..yes again! But this move is kinda major as I have moved to an island. When I actually think about being on an island, i shudder. Its the weird feeling that if something happens… something bad… something grave, then the islanders will be forgotten and mainlanders will be taken care of.
But anyways… when something grave happens.. it will happen. Atleast I am away from the 9-5 routine which was pretty much grave thing in itself. Ha ha..
I am surrounded by the weird feelings these days.. mostly the ‘what ifs’ but i am keeping my fingers crossed that ALL WILL BE FINE.
LittleMissBossyPants 