What is home? The place where you grew up? Or the place you are at now?And whatever your definition is, how often do you miss your home? I left my hometown, Kota, more than a decade ago. And all through these years, I have tried to make home everywhere I stayed and created memories. And…
Lowest Phase of Life? Rest There For a Little While.
How often have you cried alone in your car while driving to work?And how often have you entered your workplace as if you were ready to conquer the world despite your crying session just a few moments ago? Our minds are a very tricky thing. I have been going to and fro over the past…
Be a Fragrant Flower Rather Than A Pressed One
“Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.” -Unknown How many times have your friends asked you out while they were facing some problems in life? Were you able to guide them to clarity? How did it make you feel? Accomplished, isn’t it? Despite being able to guide your friends through their lives, do you…
Where do the Ignored Emotions Go?
How often do you come across a situation that generates conflicting emotions within you? And you have no idea what you are really feeling.How often do you channel your inner goddess in frustrating situations or dealing with annoying people and tilt towards positive emotions?How often do you end up feeling what is the right thing…
Maybe We Misunderstood Freedom
Yaha udne ko mere khula aasman hai… All through the years, our generation has craved for freedom. The freedom to make our own decisions; the freedom to not be answerable to our parents; the freedom to stay out as long as we want without being questioned; the freedom to have a career; the freedom to…
Knowing When To Fold Is the Trick To Poker
Throughout our lives, we are fed with the thought of trying one last time whenever we want to quit. In the world of quick fixes and volatile pleasures, it even makes sense. We shouldn’t use quit to escape the adversities in life. It is in knowing that overcoming those adversities no longer aligns with the…
To The Women Who Forgot To Play Themselves In The Theater of Relationships
Before I start blabbering, I want to ask you guys, “How are you?” You. Just you! Not your family. Not your kids. Not your partner. You! Just you! I was talking to three of my most favorite people, and guess what? They were not their own favorites! It made me wonder how our perception of…
To Those Who Are Addicted to “The-Next-Big-Thing”
“Better.” “More.” “Higher.” These words have become the fuel of our life’s engine. And they are available in plenty. “Oh, you ran a 12km marathon. Great, now aim for 25km.” “Wow, you became the Director. Now it’s time to look up to be the Partner.” “You got married. Now plan a baby.” “You bought a…
Is Gratitude Relative?
How often have your parents told you that you are luckier than someone who doesn’t even have proper clothes to wear? How often do you feel blessed for your senses when you see someone physically challenged? How often were you grateful when you were asymptomatic for covid while there were people who were on ventilators?…
Advice to Writers – Fantasy stories but Real Emotions
Have you ever found yourself immersed in a storybook only to be depressed when it doesn’t end well? Have you spent days wallowing in misery over a story that kills the old aunt who was a source of warmth to the protagonist? Have you ever hoped beyond hope that a story may end in happily-ever-after?…
Is There A Beauty In Losing People?
What do you do when you lose people you thought would be with you always? Does the heartbreak go on forever? Does it ever get better? I am sure almost all of us have lost people, some to life and some to death. There were people we thought would last our entire lifetime who we…
To Those Who Are Fighting With Themselves – II
PART II: The Flow 5 minute read To All those fighters; It’s okay! It’s okay to feel what you are feeling! It’s okay to keep fighting and it’s also okay to give up the fight. You matter; Not the fight. One of the biggest challenges of people who contemplate is that they contemplate, everything! They…
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