Monika of www.monikamanchanda.wordpress.com gave me this. Its suddenly raining awards. And I’m greedily getting soaked in the rain. Thankee, Monika, am honoured.
Now for the Rules
1. Thank the person that gave this to you
2. Copy the award and put it on your blog.
3. List 3 things you love about yourself
4. Post a picture you love (e.g a person you adore etc.)
5. Tag 5 people you wish to pass this award on to
Since I have already done the first two, I need to list out three things that I love about myself.
A friend recently, sickened by my constant jibes at myself, had asked me to list out five things about myself that I liked, and surprise, surprise, I shot them off without a moment’s hesitation.
1] I love my vanity. It keeps me on the straight and narrow and gets me walking and watching what I eat when the pounds start piling on.
2] I love my optimism. I always believe its not the end of the world. Yet. No matter what happens.
3] I love my honesty. I can be counted on to hurt people by being blunt and then apologise one zillion times until I wish I could become an Ellen Jamesian (The World According to Garp, anyone), and never need to say a thing that could be taken the wrong way ever. But if you want to know if you look fat in that skirt, dont ask me.
Now for the fourth point, I need to post a picture that I love:
The son and me at his 6th birthday party.
This picture is recent precious because it suddenly hit me, at this party, that my baby is big boy now, and struggles to wriggle away when I hold him for a photograph.
And to tag five friends I think deserve this award:
All that Jazz
Asaan
Birds Eye View
Indian Home Maker
Maid in Malaysia.
Get to it, girls, I will get down to linking the blogs and tagging you in a bit. Promise. Cross my heart. Deadlines beckon now.
About Kiran Manral
Kiran Manral is a writer and major social media influencer. After quitting her full-time journalist’s job when her son was born, Kiran became a mommy blogger on the internet, with a remarkably original voice. She was a journalist at The Asian Age, The Times of India, features editor Cosmopolitan, India Cultural Lead and Trend spotter at Gartner Iconoculture US, Senior Consultant at Vector Insights, Ideas Editor, SheThePeople.TV. Kiran is currently a celebrated author and an independent research and media consultant.
She was shortlisted for the Femina Women Awards for Literary Contribution in 2017. The Indian Council of UN Relations (ICUNR) supported by the Ministry of Women and Children, Govt of India, awarded her the International Women’s Day Award 2018 for excellence in the field of writing. In 2021 she was awarded the Womennovator 1000 Women of Asia award. In 2022, she was named amongst the 75 Iconic Indian women in STEAM by Red Dot Foundation and Beyond Black, in collaboration with the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Government of India, and British High Commission, New Delhi.
Her novella, Saving Maya, was long-listed for the 2018 Saboteur Award, supported by the Arts Council of England in the UK. Her novels 'The Face At the Window’ and ‘Missing, Presumed Dead were both long-listed for Jio MAMI Word to Screen, and ‘The Face at the Window’ was showcased at the South Asian Film Festival 2019. The Kitty Party Murder was shortlisted for the Popular Choice award at the 2021 JK Papers TOI AutHER awards.
Her other books include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon A Crush, All Aboard, Karmic Kids-The Story of Parenting Nobody Told You, A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up, True Love Stories, 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting, Raising Kids with Hope and Wonder in Times of a Pandemic and Climate Change, More Things in Heaven and Earth and Rising: 30 Women Who Changed India. She also has published short stories in various magazines, in acclaimed anthologies like Have A Safe Journey, Boo, The Best Asian Speculative Fiction 2018, Grandpa’s Tales, Magical Women and City of Screams. Kiran lives in Mumbai with her family.
Social media handles
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Fortytwoandcounting 
Wow.. This is one eventful week for you! Congrats again.. and keep posting.
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Violet: *Bows* Thankee.
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Both you and the lady in the background (your mom?) are looking lovely! Love her saree. And the brat is looking like a hero!
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Blinkandmiss: Thank you. Yes, thats my mother.
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relax..for arhaan you and the brat are still Baybee…he has been rattling off baby baby non stop as i read your post.
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I loved what you said about the vanity bit, that is such healthy and helpful vanity. I am completely with you on the optimism bit. Congrats on the award!
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Goofy Mumma: Thankee…
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Love this picture of yours.
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Shilpa: You do? Im pretty chuffed about it meself. I’m unrecognisably glam in it.
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Congratulations 🙂
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Sands: Thankee.
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Brat is looking so handsome!
And i so wish i look at least half as good as you when i get married and have kids.
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Gymnast: *beams proudly* isnt he the handsomest of the bunch.
Oh you will. You will look much better than I can ever hope to look.
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Glam Kiran with Dimple Kapadia hair!! You look beautiful..Congrats on all the awards.
Alas and alack, the hair just photographs well. Its all mainly found on the floor of my house these days.
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Done 🙂
And lol I love my vanity too 🙂
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