Update: So if you wanted to read (or reread) the story but clicking through all the links is too much of a pain, The Voices in My Head is now a Kindle book.
Share the link with friends if you read the book and like it!
I'm not taking down the story from this blog, so if you prefer to read it for free, go ahead!
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Share the link with friends if you read the book and like it!
I'm not taking down the story from this blog, so if you prefer to read it for free, go ahead!
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This is a story. The story of Miki, who is in her early twenties and lives in Gurgaon, far away from the small hill town where she grew up.
Miki has a pretty normal life: she has a job she enjoys, but wonders if it's really something she wants to keep doing for years; she has friends who make up a big part of her life; she has family she likes but doesn't always agree with; she has had romances in the past but is now looking for something meaningful and lasting. She is, in a way, most of us.
Yet she is herself. She reads romance novels, but doesn't believe in them. She is lonely, but too lazy or self-absorbed or scared to go out looking for friends. She doesn't think she's pretty, but it doesn't seem to bother her much. She has these two conflicting personalities within her that form a running commentary to her life: Miki, her rebellious, independent side and Mandakini, her conformist, sweet side.
You, yes, you who read this site or just happened to land up here, can be a part of her story. Watch it unfold, chapter by chapter. Tell me what you like about it, and what you don't. Tell me what you want to happen, and maybe I'll listen.
Every Sunday, a fresh chapter. Read about Miki and hear the voices in her head.
The story so far:
Miki has a pretty normal life: she has a job she enjoys, but wonders if it's really something she wants to keep doing for years; she has friends who make up a big part of her life; she has family she likes but doesn't always agree with; she has had romances in the past but is now looking for something meaningful and lasting. She is, in a way, most of us.
Yet she is herself. She reads romance novels, but doesn't believe in them. She is lonely, but too lazy or self-absorbed or scared to go out looking for friends. She doesn't think she's pretty, but it doesn't seem to bother her much. She has these two conflicting personalities within her that form a running commentary to her life: Miki, her rebellious, independent side and Mandakini, her conformist, sweet side.
You, yes, you who read this site or just happened to land up here, can be a part of her story. Watch it unfold, chapter by chapter. Tell me what you like about it, and what you don't. Tell me what you want to happen, and maybe I'll listen.
Every Sunday, a fresh chapter. Read about Miki and hear the voices in her head.
The story so far:
- Meet Me, Miki
- Meet My Best Friend, Raghav
- I Get Drunk - and Get Sober Again
- Raghav Goes Back
- On Ex-Boyfriends and a Boy Who Was Just a Friend
- My Childhood
- Finally, I Go Out with Vikram
- Mostly Work
- Meet Divya
- I Learn More about Vikram
- On Roommates
- Raghav - and "That Girl"
- More Confusion
- I Try to Act All Grown-up
- I Find a Home
- Missing Raghav
- Moving Home
- Going Home
- I See My Mom Again
- I Meet an Old Friend
- I Talk to Ma - and to Raghav
- A New Year
- Another Weekend, Another Date
- Raghav Calls with More News
- Miki and Mandakini, Alone
- One Last Try
- Divya's House
- Divya's Wedding
- I Give in to Mom
- I Meet a Guy
- I Tell Ma How It Went
- The Writer
- Valentine's Day
- Things Happen at Work
- Shopping
- The Engagement
- Rizvi and I Go to the Cocktail Party
- Finally, the Wedding
- Epilogue
9 comments:
The story is really gripping. interestingly unfolds.... just the way it should. I feel like i am holding a book and can't keep it down.
Loved your writing. Hope the story unfolds sooner... Can't wait!!
I also expressed my thoughts on momofrs post!!
Miki is the voice in everyone's head!! :)
Her: Thank you so much for reading and commenting.
Just a word to desc it... WOW! I loved it@
I know you have been writing these parts for a while, but I couldn't wait after second, so I vanished and resurfaced after so long, and read them all :-D. Awesome, can you post them all at once? Now I cannot wait for the others!
Nice, Unmana. I like the way you've organized the book. Makes for much easier reading. And it's going really well.
1. I have missed you!
2. Starting the first chapter now, love it already!!
~ Michele
I am so glad i discovered your blog after you finished writing the whole thing. It would have been extremly difficult for me to wait between the posts. Read 3 chapters in a go. Wonderful!
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Great writeup!! Could relate so much with myself:)
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