Diary Of A Young Metro Woman

PRINCESS BAATCHEET: I am an artist without a license (degree) working fulltime selling my creative skills for money for the past 15 yrs. My mother tells me I started talking at 11 months. That was way back. Today as I cross the ‘half’ milestone of my lifetime, it feels like eons back. I talked a lot…to an eager audience of my family and a barrage of servants. My dad used to tape my long hours of jabbering, which they would later listen to and laugh. I relished the fact that I could humor people around me. Bottom line is “I talk a lot”. Some times I talk funny and sometimes serious… and when I don’t get an audience I write it all down. Unknowingly over the years I became an avid word-chef. No not a wordsmith. A chef. I cooked up a lot of my stories. Slowly, those stories developed their own identities as anecdotes, articles, essays, long and short tales, and poetry. I cannot say I am prolific with my words… it’s just that I like to narrate life experiences, feelings, musings, discoveries and opinions through words. As I started talking early, I started questioning early. I still have zillions of unanswered questions in my head, and I'm never afraid to ask what I don't know. Sometimes I find the answers to my queries, in the journey of life, through other people’s life experiences and mostly through a lot of introspection. At other times I throw the question out to anybody who can give me an apt answer. I have often felt I am the soul of a bird trapped in a human form. I live mostly in my dreams and thoughts and of course plans of “my next article.” Physically I live in Delhi – the most multifaceted cities of the world. Living in this city nurtures lots of coveted and unwanted traits in you. For eg. You can grow quite a thick skin; or sharpen your senses so that you're better at self-defense. I can't be judgmental as to what is good and what is not. As an artist I can’t see any thing in black and white, instead I believe there are several shades of gray within. So I live in a city where nothing is black or white, but shades of gray and 16 million colours. I am known by several nicknames by my friends and foes alike. Each of those names suitable to each facet of my outer identity. So you can call me anything, I will respond.

PRIYANKA: I am lucky to be born as a woman in this miraculous world. I am like any other woman, but I feel I am also different. I am a zealot, ambitious and adventurous person who wants to live life to its fullest. Yet often I had felt unable to move ahead due to a lack of courage. For a long time my identity was restricted to just physical appearance, looking hip and happening. But today on my journey I have realized that nothing is more significant than identifying ones own self and knowing ones own being. And today as I am on this wonderful path of discovering my self I feel like sharing my feelings, the myriad of thoughts and the ‘homecoming’ experiences that I have on the way with many others… others who like me find or used to find themselves lost in this vast ocean called life.

How to identify -- Psuedo Secular Closet Radicals by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 12:26 PM Saturday 07 February 2009

Soaring, Searching the 'Glass Ceiling' by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 11:22 AM Friday 23 November 2007

Bhai Nei - Part Two by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 10:52 AM Thursday 13 September 2007

“Bhai nei” -- Part one by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 2:51 PM Thursday 30 August 2007

To Grow A Thick Skin by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 2:34 PM Monday 04 June 2007

Fighting the Demons Within by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 9:49 AM Wednesday 09 May 2007

The Act of Love by Princess Baatcheet

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 11:49 AM Thursday 15 March 2007

“Passion is a positive obsession but Obsession is a negative passion” – By Priyanka

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 5:10 PM Wednesday 21 February 2007

Have head -- will think -- will cause migraine

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 3:39 PM Wednesday 30 August 2006

Kitchen Rules

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 9:12 AM Monday 14 August 2006

A Tribute to a Significant Life

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 9:35 AM Tuesday 01 August 2006

The Else Syndrome - Part Three

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 9:20 AM Thursday 27 July 2006

The Else Syndrome - Part 2

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 9:51 AM Tuesday 18 July 2006

The Else Syndrome - Part 1

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 2:47 PM Thursday 13 July 2006

Urban folklore

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 11:21 AM Friday 07 July 2006

Reveling in Rebelling

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 12:01 PM Thursday 29 June 2006

A very good place to start --- Ingredients to stir up a storm

By Diary of A Young Metro Woman - 10:07 PM Thursday 22 June 2006