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Business News > Mint Authors > Arathi Menon

Arathi Menon

ARTICLES BY ARATHI MENON

The day I woke up headache-free was the beginning of my new life. It struck me like a ton of bricks. I may have gotten a divorce but I still had my health and my sanity. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock )

DANCING DIVORCEE: The scare

2 min read . 22 Aug 2013

The freedom to live a normal day without a trace of sadness, guilt, incompleteness and anger is one of my favourite blessings of a divorce. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Before you break free, you must break

2 min read . 15 Aug 2013

Confidence is my new ‘pretty’. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Am I pretty?

2 min read . 08 Aug 2013

I have realised that I don’t need a guarantee that a love I find again will stay. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: It’s okay, don’t trust yourself

2 min read . 01 Aug 2013

Finding someone who will match my mood and sensibilities is difficult enough without asking for the extra qualification of being ‘divorced’. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Do divorcees date divorcees?

2 min read . 31 Jul 2013

Every time I looked up at the sky, it seemed to be going through its own mood swings, which surprisingly coincided with mine. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock )

DANCING DIVORCEE: The settling of skies

2 min read . 25 Jul 2013

Instead of asking about the divorce, you could ask the person about all the things that are going right in his or her life, right now. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Kill the curiosity, not the cat

2 min read . 18 Jul 2013

The Ex and I never got around to actually going to the concerned office, till finally the marriage was over and there was no need for a name change. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: A minor inconvenience

2 min read . 11 Jul 2013

Like most couples going through a terrible breakdown we worked very hard to ensure that nobody had a clue about what was happening. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: It’s a dog’s life

2 min read . 04 Jul 2013

These delicious companions, sent straight from the heavens have been a constant source of instant joys and small pleasures throughout that time of bleakness, which didn’t seem to end. Photo: Thinkstock (Thinkstock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: An affair with chocolate

2 min read . 30 Jun 2013

The annoying, giddy-headed, trippy truth is that when you’re happy, there’s really no time to plot and plan the unhappiness of someone else. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: The best kind of revenge

2 min read . 27 Jun 2013

The monsoon is a time of sweetness and pain (The monsoon is a time of sweetness and pain)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Save what for a rainy day?

2 min read . 20 Jun 2013

The dangerous part about these words was that they had this inbuilt ability to make me weak and doubt every single decision I was contemplating. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: The right thing to do

2 min read . 14 Jun 2013

Sometimes I think that singles forget how glorious freedom is. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Soaring solo

2 min read . 06 Jun 2013

Some jobs come with their own stress factors, but nobody can deny the joy of getting money at the end of the month. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: The 10 to 6 saviour

2 min read . 30 May 2013

The only way to react to people who have no compassion or respect for another person’s decisions is to not care. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Meanie

2 min read . 23 May 2013

At the end of it, both of us are now divorced and what we called family, exists no more. Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Blame game

2 min read . 16 May 2013

The next time a wandering advice-seeker comes to me, I’m going to say, “I’m sorry but I broke my marriage, how can I fix yours?” Photo: ThinkStock (ThinkStock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: Ask me not

2 min read . 09 May 2013

When I see that big, fat book of ‘Love Signs’ in my bookshelf, I can’t help feeling a little sad. Photo: Thinkstock (Thinkstock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: It is not in our stars

2 min read . 02 May 2013

When I used to be happy, I’d ride their happiness with them, feeling as much excitement as they did. Photo: Thinkstock (Thinkstock)

DANCING DIVORCEE: The happiness of others

2 min read . 25 Apr 2013