Blogger’s Block

This year, on my birthday, I came of age. Apparently, when one is part of the workforce, it is no longer acceptable to serve Royal Stag to one’s–
No, I can’t write this. What will all the aunties and uncles and teachers think? (Replace the personal pronoun.)

This year, on his birthday, he came of age. Apparently, –
No, no. It’s ridiculously self-absorbed. (Find a new subject.)

In the world of instant messaging, the “…” has replaced the “. “ All of a sudden, the “.” seems too final while the “…” indicates that the conversa-
No, she could see this becoming one of those “First World Problem #632” memes. And she didn’t want people on her friends’ list thinking she was an English-language-snob with nothing “real” to write about. (Think bigger.)

The Supreme Court Ruling on Section 377 is unacceptable because of its unabashed assumpti-
What could she possibly say that hadn’t been said before on her newsfeed? Her arguments would be clichés because she didn’t know enough. (Write something you’re more familiar with.)

Before 2011, the people of Bengal had been stuck between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. Unfortunately for them, they gambled on the Devil, only to find that the Devil lived in the Deep Blue–
Her last two posts had been about Calcutta. She didn’t want people thinking that she couldn’t move on from a city she’d left five years ago. (Find a new subject.)

Modi the Devil and Congress the Deep-
This wouldn’t do either, unless, of course, a series of indignant red notifications qualified as doing. She didn’t feel like explaining to one set of people that she wanted the economy back on track as much as they did, and to another that she was as averse to putting a bigot in power as they were. (Think smaller.)

The Unflattering Ethnography of a Residential Fellowship
Nope, out of the question. How would she ever look at the batch-mates she’d allude to ever again? (Think smaller still.)

This year, on my birthday-
(This is an exercise in futility. Go back to binge-watching TV shows.)