About

A page meant to give my wild thoughts free-rein;
To contour them, to give them a definition;
For they saunter erratically in my mind.

Hey friends! I’m Urvashi. It gives me the supreme, inexpressible pleasure to extend a cheerful welcome to you at The Little Mermaid’s hearth and home.

My passion for writing, which traces its roots back to the early days when I started learning ABCs has propelled me to set up this blog in January 2016. As a child, I was always writing. I was writing in my free time. I was writing when I was upset. I was writing when I was in high spirits. I realised very quickly that, as an introvert, writing was the perfect means for me to express myself. But blogging is substantially different from writing in your personal diary. When you have a blog, you actually have a voice. And when you have a voice, you can make a difference in people’s lives, you can make the world a better place.

I have the deepest affection for long, meaningful conversations. I absolutely enjoy the company of non-judgemental, open-minded people. I believe no one is imperfectly perfect; but everyone is perfectly imperfect. That’s the beauty of being human, of being real. I value truth, love, hard-work, honesty, loyalty, dignity and knowledge above all. For me, life is a divine miracleโ€“to be born to taste its sweetness and bitterness alike is, in itself, a Beatitude.

Over the past few years that I have been with you, I have discovered the magic of blogging. There are incommensurable joys, and joys inconceivable in sharing the snippets of your life with friends from around the world. It is a humbling experience that makes one feel special, vulnerable and blessed at the same time. You help me along the way to becoming the best possible version of myself and I’m thankful to you for everything. Here I will write about things that pique my interest. And I do not promise to subscribe to a single theme. But then, isnโ€™t life more colourful when it is full of surprises and serendipity?

With the aim of forgingย an acquaintance and cultivating an everlasting friendship with you, I will publish a blog post twice a week-on Tuesdays and Saturdays where I invite you to participate through comments, likes and shares.

I will also host a monthly tea party throughout each month of the year with a singular topic of discussion. Yes, you have guessed most infallibly-I am a tea person. Haha! This activity will essentially be a stimulus to critical thinking and inventiveness by allowing us to pool our resources together, to share ideas, to learn from one another in a spirit of camaraderie.

I look forward to this beautiful odyssey with you. Through the brightness of the sunshine, through the darkness of a moonless night, you can always count on me.

Peace & Love,
Urvashi, The Little Mermaid

 

 

290 thoughts on “About”

  1. Heylow there Mermaid ๐Ÿ™‚ I love the mermaids(not that I have seen one but in the stories they all look so cute and sweet except for the mermish in HP) Ahh I digress ๐Ÿ˜€ So I saw that a mermaid was liking my comments on Donna’s post and I decided to pay her a visit and oh boy I am glad I did ๐Ÿ˜€ I quite like the eclectic flavors you have here and your ruthless honesty and humour exuding posts ๐Ÿ™‚ Hope to see you more in this wonderful world of blogs ๐Ÿ™‚ Cheers and warmest wishes, Minaxi <3

  2. hey Urvashi,
    Appreciate your composition on the blog – Good to know you…
    Starting lines – “A page meant to give my wild thoughts free-rein” and ending lines “Peace and Love,” makes you best at heart…
    Just a suggestion for blog setting…
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    See you in flying colors…
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  3. I realise you may not reply for several weeks, the trials and tribulations of a mermaid being varied and time eating, but I’m just adhering to your recent request. Here I am, keeping in touch ๐Ÿ™‚ You have some highly interesting posts, I’m looking forward to diving in further and seeing under the surface. ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. My handsome baldy Rich, it feels great to hear from you. I’m currently taken up with the 21 days revolution bootcamp and it’s quite a challenge to manage work, fitness and writing all at the same time. To top it up, the first months of 2017 were a bit stressful. How are you doing? I miss you and everyone here too. I never meant to disappear like this and trust me, I do feel guilty about it. I’ll be back as soon as possible.

      Sending you positive vibes, lots of love and hugs, buddy! Take good care of yourself. X

    1. Hi Vicky, a pleasure to meet you too. I’ve visited your blog. It’s in Italian which makes it impossible for me to grasp your content. But the kind mutual sentiments that we share count.

      Hugs X

    1. Bonjour Louis! Je suis enchantรฉe de te connaรฎtre. J’ai lu quelques articles sur ton blog. Ils sont vraiment bien รฉcrits. Je vais te suivre aussi.

      ร€ trรจs bientรดt, mon ami! Bisous ๐Ÿ˜Š

  4. I think it’s great when people don’t keep to a single theme. It means it’s more you… I would like to know why Little Mermaid ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. Hi Simon, how are you doing? Yeah, I don’t limit myself to a niche because my writings are kinda spontaneous. If something captures my interest in my day-to-day life, and if it’s shareable, I blog about it. Simple as that! You’ll notice that my lovely audience also enjoys the vast topics up here and they leave meaningful comments after their read. It doesn’t get boring this way.

      Please keep in touch. Hugs X

      1. Hi Mermaid, I do limit myself but then I branch out from time to time, which is the same thing but kind of different lol, but like you I like to captures something that takes my interest.
        I don’t ever think you’re boring – I should pop by more often in fact.
        You keep in touch too yeah? Hugs xo
        email me if you ever feel the need ๐Ÿ™‚

        1. I always have a pleasant time reading your posts. I appreciate how you’ve categorized your writings and you have fun with blogging. When you blog with a fervent passion and for the pure joy out of it, readers also get to feel your enthusiasm. You are doing it right!

          See you around! XOXO

  5. Hello Little Mermaid/Urvashi!
    Thank you for stopping by my blog. I love this introduction to yourself! When I have a bit more time to return and peruse, Iโ€™ll see what trouble I can get intoโ€ฆ see what this mermaid stuff is all about. ๐Ÿ˜‰
    Cheers,
    Professor T

  6. Nice to meet you! I love The Little Mermaid name, that is my friend Amberโ€™s little Graceyโ€™s favorite film. Iโ€™ve written some fun stories for Gracey. She loves them and she tells Amber โ€˜I know he wrote it for me because he spelled my name rightโ€™. My life is going through a rebuild. Nice to read your posts..

    1. Hi there, it’s been a pleasure to have you commenting, liking and sharing your itsy-bitsy life events on my blog. I appreciate your involvement. Please keep in touch.

      Wishing you courage and love as you go through life’s bittersweet games. Hugs XO

  7. Hi Little Mermaid, I presume you are one of the nice mermaids, after all you like my children’s books. I am about ready to publish Book 4 early because the parents of the two kids I wrote it for wants to read it. Interesting! In this book I tell who the “others” are. I will have it on Kindle for 5 days Free so the family I wrote it for can download it. Of course anyone can download it too! Thanks for commenting!

  8. Reading your ‘About’ page has piqued my curiosity. You say you spend most of your time with numbers and curves…are you some sort of mathematician/scientist/engineer? I only ask because I was a chemist before I retired, and there’s really not many women who follow a career in STEM! If you’re one of them, well done for being strong and following your ambition!
    xx

    1. Hi there, thanks for dropping by my blog. Oups! I’m not in STEM, unfortunately or FORTUNATELY because except for Mathematics, I would probably suck at the others. Haha! I have studied Economics and Finance, heeding the call of my heart.
      Anyway, I appreciate your encouragement. Do keep in touch. X

    1. Aw, MERCI. Actually, I’m a Mauritian and most of us speak both English and French fluently. We join the best of both worlds, you see? Haha! I hope our mixed culture excites you to visit our country someday. ๐Ÿ™‚

  9. `Thanks for liking a comment that I made the other day. I am glad you did since that brought me to your blog. I would love to hear your comments about The Ruminant Scribe. Blessings to you today.

  10. Just read about the former bf experience and wow so glad you have grown out of that and obviously learned a great deal. Thank you for sharing and from the Prophet the story On Pain is my favorite and helped me at one time when i needed such wisdom. Be well!

    1. Hi Brett, thanks for dropping by. That experience definitely helped in shaping my personality and character to be tougher and more empathetic to my surrounding. I’ve taken it very positively.

      Have a nice weekend! Hugs X

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    1. Hello Jack, thanks for the positive encouragement. I did not study the English Language in depth as such. It’s just the basics that I know.

      I’ll consider your suggestion about freelancing. Thanks again, mate. Keep in touch! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Hi Janis, I’m fine. How about you?

      Quite honestly, I’m still in the trial period, considering the fact that I do not post very often and that my blog is only two years old. Ah! Time flies. The blogosphere is vast. There’s so much to learn from our fellow readers and from other writers.

      Thanks for the visit and for the wonderful review. It’s appreciated.

      Sending love and best wishes to you! X

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    1. Hello Antonia! To be frank, I blog about what’s going on in my mind at any given moment. I’d rather not call it ‘perseverance’. It’s not a hard row to hoe. ‘Fun’ would be more appropriate.

      Thanks for the love and support. My best wishes to you! X

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  48. I just blitzed your post about Facebook. Boom Boom~!
    As for WordPress I count neither Likes nor Followers, and thankfully shall never be nominated for the “Woppity Doo Dah” award.
    I just like being able to say in public anything I want; and if ever I offend anyone it’s either by pure accident or because I damned well intend to. (Public forum, I’m impressed that it’s still going …)

  49. Urvashi, nice to know โ€œthe little mermaid.โ€ Your blog and thoughts, some chaos and a little glee, are impressive. Have a lovely Sunday! ๐Ÿ“š Christine

  50. Hmm it appears like your blog ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I had written and said, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog.
    I too am an aspiring blog writer but I’m still new to everything.
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  51. I almost never comment, but I did a few searching and wound up here . If you are writing on additional sites, I’d like to follow anything fresh you have to post. Would you make a list of all of all your social pages like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?

    1. Hello, I’m glad to see your enthusiasm to read more from me. My main posts are from my blog itself- ‘The Little Mermaid’. I might be sharing a few posts from here on other social media platforms once in a while but if you want to keep updated for fresh content, I’d suggest you to click the ‘follow’ button and there you go!

      Enjoy your Sunday! X

  52. I appreciate hearing there’s someone else out there who has a similar perspective about not sticking to a single theme. All of the articles I’ve seen have drilled how important it is to have a niche. I’m more comfortable letting myself share my thoughts about whatever I feel like on my blog, which is more important to me than technically doing it “right.”

  53. Hello, I discovered you because you kindly โ€œLIkedโ€ a post I blogged. First of all, let me say I love, love, LOVE your title! I love mermaids, so your title already tells me you have a wonderful sense of fun. As well, I appreciate that you say you wonโ€™t just stick to one theme in your blogs. I, too, am eclectic. Life has too much going on to only stick to one thing. There just is no telling what my mind will decide I need to write about. Looking forward to investigating your page further.

  54. Thanks Urvashi for the visit. I enjoyed going through your blog posts especially the quote about Competition. Many don’t get that it is adventurous only as long as you limit it to yourself . The moment one lets others in, life becomes miserable.

    1. Thank you for stopping by and reviewing my writing. I believe one’s most challenging competitor is in the mirror. We are our own biggest critic and motivator; conquering our innermost fears and weaknesses and striving to realise our full potential should be the mantra of our life. Nobody else matters, for that matter.

      Have a nice weekend! X

  55. Hi, Little Mermaid. I am delighted to be one of your newest followers. I love the creativity involved in the Tea Parties–and the mix and mingle idea. However, I tried to enter a comment and couldn’t see how to do so. I responded to one of the participants, but my response didn’t appear. Can you guide me? Many thanks, and best regards,
    Annie (annieasksyou.com)

    1. Hi Annie, I’m very pleased to make your acquaintance. Thank you for your participation at the Tea Parties. I’m afraid I have absolutely no idea why your comment did not bob up. Could you please try commenting again and let me know? Thank you!

      Love and hugs X

  56. Dear Little Mermaid, I look forward to reading all of your works. I donโ€™t know much about tea parties but I desire to learn. May God bless you and keep you safe.

    1. I’m also greatly looking forward to the pleasure of your loving company this year too, Sim! Oh, I have no problem at all with both appellations. Call me by whichever name you wish, a mysterious creature I shall remain. Haha!

      Have a superb weekend break. Take care. X

      1. Aww… Thank you. I’m looking forward to yours as well. You’re always very warm and kind. I have a choice of what to call you? Hmmm… I’ve always called you mermaid so at least for now that will do but I hope you’ll be a little less mysterious through the year ๐Ÿ˜€

        You have a great weekend too mermaid and take care x

        1. I always try to do my little bit of good wherever I am. I believe it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Thank you very much Simon-for seeing and appreciating the good in me, and for always supporting my blog. You’re an amazing person!

          See you around! X

          1. I can see that you do that and it’s a great thing, you’re an amazing person I think and it’s always a pleasure to support you and your blog.
            You’ll see me about I’m sure as I’ll see you X
            Keep smiling ๐Ÿ˜€

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    1. Hello Wilson, your kind words warmed my heart. Having encouraging people like you in my corner really buoys up my soul.

      To tell you the truth, most of my time this year is being consumed by some personal commitment. It is fun and a welcome challenge to work towards your goal, though I must admit, things do get tough sometimes. However, I believe the satisfaction in attaining your dream is greater when the journey is not as easy as falling off a log; and therein lies the golden opportunity for growth. I miss blogging as one of my hobbies. I should be back very soon.

      Take good care of yourself, my dear friend.

      Much love and big hugs to you X

  59. I have been writing since I was six. Granted, it wasn’t very intelligent writing but it was observant writing during my first trip outside my native United States, to a town in Mexico. I watched people and wrote down what I saw. Since then, writing has served to give me a “voice” as you put it to capture bits and pieces of the world around me and get them down on paper. My bias is always there, which is unavoidable as a human, but my hope is that in understanding and in seeking to “see” others as closely as they truly are, that I can catch a glimpse of God.

    1. Hello Howard!

      From the age of juvenescence, observational writing been one of my main leisure pursuits, too. This has allowed me to pause in order to prolong the whole inner experience of being, to apprehend the whys and wherefores of a set of circumstances from a non-partisan angle, and more importantly, to strike an empathetic chord with people around me.

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      Remember that it takes a lot of strength to be vulnerable. It takes a lot of effort to unzip the hidden parts of you. It takes a lot of trust to know that someone might be ignorant to your struggles yet you still leave your emotional baggage right in front of their doorstep.

      Kindness is a great form of intelligence if you ask me. Your constant trials to communicate, listen, trust, give and support are all what it takes you and them to evolve. Itโ€™s necessary to understand that listening doesnโ€™t have to be followed by advice, or a positive statement, or โ€Hey, youโ€™re just being too dramaticโ€, not even by making it about you or by basing it on your own life experience. You only have to absorb what the other person is trying to say in their own language and validate their feelings. You have no clue how much you could be just that one reason why someone is healing.

      Considering all these, observant writing remains a majorly cathartic activity that enables us to process things methodically whenever there is a lot on our mind. As Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand condignly remarked, ”To be able to observe with a stranger’s eye helps one to see with an artist’s eye. What alienates us inspires.”

      1. I’m a career fundraiser and, through that, believe I’ve developed a certain aptitude for the art of listening. Because it is truly an “art.” Even saw a book by that title. But your point — “Kindness is a great form of intelligence” — I will ponder. That’s a pregnant statement.

    1. Hello John, I do have an Instagram account but I must also tell you that I’m not active on that social networking platform. I do not post pictures. I find it to be an amusing entertainment although I have never really been keen about sharing photos myself. Haha!

      Are you up there? ๐Ÿ™‚

      Please take good care.

      Love and light X

  60. Hello dear Mermaid ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Commenting my appreciation to your inspiring writing, and a beautiful blog, a very nice discovery, I’m impressed. Certainly following you from now on ๐Ÿ˜‰. Keep it up dear๐Ÿ‘

  61. Dear Urvashi,
    You truly are among the most profound and poetic souls currently alive! Your very words have the power to touch someone at the bottom of their heart. Your spiritual riches are tremendous—as is your deep yearning for a soul mate. I can only hope that (s)he is the reason for your ongoing silence.
    Thank you for being a blessing to humanity!
    A warm hug, Robby

    1. Hello my dear, this is hands down one of the most soul-stirring compliments that I have ever received on this platform. Thank you so much, for these achingly tender words.

      I write just because. When I write, I am completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy. I was away from all of you for an inordinate length of time. I did not realise how time just flew by in the blink of an eye while I was processing some significant life changes. Then one day out of the blue, someone close to my heart asked me, “Where is The Little Mermaid? Is she dead? Does she even exist?” That hit me hard. Before you could say knife, I caught the drift that for me, there is no greater joy than to write. So, here I am to stay with all of you to share our ideas, to grow, to inspire, to love.

      Hugs back, Robby X

    1. Hello Robert, your benevolent sentiment has been the highlight of my day today. My heart is quenchlessly thirsting for three things in perpetuity: peace, love and success. This search will, by reasonable assumption, still linger even after I immigrate to Canada. Haha!

      I am always trying to find that state of calm and contentment within myself as an individual. I seek to feel that mystical sense of emotional, mental, and spiritual harmony with Nature. Oh! I think I am doing just fine because I have been told, umpteen times, that I am a self-composed person.

      I would interpret love as acceptance and care. I only desire to give and to receive love in abundance anywhere I am.

      My idea of success is a bit disparate. The broad concept of success to which we are accustomed to refers to an ascension, which is comprehensible because reaching โ€˜heightsโ€™ never attained before is indeed an achievement, as per the colloquial meaning. For instance, getting โ€˜higher incomeโ€™ or โ€˜higherโ€™ rankings are considered as succeeding. However, I perceive that if we were to consider success not as flying higher but as digging deeper, into ourselves, or into the understanding of things, perhaps, it would alleviate-if not eliminate-the comparative element and allow us to further focus on our progress rather than comparing it. This is the success that I am working towards-the one with depth and meaning.

      I hope South America is treating you nicely, my dear. Take good care.

      1. According to wisdom, not the beloved is truly fortunate but the one who loves unconditionally. This is not to be mistaken for self-sacrifice though. True love is the very essence of any human soul. And nothing but love has the power to transform–be it an unconscious person or sleeping humanity as a whole.
        Therefore, my dear Urvashi, who could be more fortunate than you?

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