Archive - Tea O'Clock

Espresso: Choices

Note: When I started writing Tea O’Clock, a friend said that I am boxing myself in by sticking to a specific structure. What if I wanted to write about…

Jan 17 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

Tea O'clock - Brew #9

New year and old coping mechanisms!

Jan 5 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

December 2022

Tea O'Clock - Brew #8

You know the modern family quote that talks about dreamers and realists needing each other? I agree most days but dreamers need each other too. People…

Dec 1, 2022 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

July 2022

Tea O'Clock - Brew #7

Do you know that feeling when you rummage through your old clothes or bags and stumble across some cash? I experienced something similar when I went…

Jul 12, 2022 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

June 2021

Tea O'Clock - #Brew 6

I recently read an article about how humans are hardwired to be optimistic. The author calls it our innate bias. Last week after a long time a friend…

Jun 5, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

April 2021

Tea O'Clock - Brew #5

There is a term in Tamil called “poosi moluguradhu”, which roughly translates into covering it up. This is generally something I do to my slightly…

Apr 25, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

February 2021

Tea O'Clock - Brew #4

What do you do when you fail at something spectacularly? A couple of years back I got myself a Moleskine for journaling. Excitement but lack of patience…

Feb 13, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

January 2021

Tea O'Clock - Brew #3

Have you ever wanted to be in two places at once? The idea got into my head while watching ‘A walk to remember’. I always thought of it as a shortcut to…

Jan 26, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

Tea O'Clock - Brew #2

“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it? It's the next one. Always the next step.” So writes Sanderson in Oathbringer…

Jan 17, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

Tea O'Clock - Brew #1

As I write this, it is raining in Madras. To quote Amma, “rains in Marghazi mean bad things are on the way” or as the majority of us like to call it…

Jan 8, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

Welcome to Tea O'Clock. I am a marketer who spends all her free time reading or baking. I write here about my favorite books, food, podcasts, etc. while…

Jan 8, 2021 •

Sumithra Gopalakrishnan

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts