To Lose Everything and Find Much More

Sometimes life puts you in one inexplicably tricky situation when you are least prepared for it and in retrospect, it becomes THE turning point; the moment which changes everything forever. And how everything would have been different had it not been for that one moment… Everyone has it different but all I’m sure about is …

A Mindset Frozen in Time

When people justify the mistakes of a ruling party with the "moral degeneration of society" card, I just lose it. It may be very enticing to blame the masses for the wrong deeds of powerful men and pat yourself on the back but that is far from the truth. Who hasn’t heard the infamous: "Random …

The Price of Beauty

  I have a strong distaste for people who capitalize on their looks. I am a person who listens and reacts to just about everyone in the same degree. And more often than not people take my inclusiveness for weakness. But every once in a while some offended hot shot thinks they can best me …

Same Old Brand New

Sometimes when I look around me, I feel that I have not moved very far from where I first began. Always the same streets, same monsoon of prejudice I have breathed since the day I came to life. My favourite songs talk about journeys I have never taken and my heart feels like a temple …

Here’s What I Did Last Summer

Worrying about your career is normal. It means you actually worked hard for this, physically and mentally. Let the stress drive you otherwise there's no point in worrying about something that doesn't yet exist. Every kid out there is in the same race and giving it what they think is their utmost best, your best; …

I was a child broken more by her attitude towards her circumstances than the circumstances themselves. Felt grown up when I was required to stay young for a few more years. Found solace in thirteen year old things and struggled to let go of these things when at eighteen, I learned that by studying well …

Of Monsters and Men

They said there is more to every person than meets the eye and I always disagreed with that generalization. Because some are poets and others are poetry. Some are empaths and others are sociopaths. And sometimes one selfish person can be nothing more. And maybe we need to stop emptying our palletes on canvases resistant …

Living on a Prayer

Those days when hope comes easily to you, with eyes shut in prayer, heart bent and emotions alive. The tears trail down your neck, stinging the wounds that line your skin, cooling the intensity hidden between the words you mew. "For you, the walls around my heart are nothing but cellophane. For you, all my …

Sinking Ships

If friendship can be measured in anything, it is the number of lessons two people learnt together. Nothing is as precious as the knowing smiles and wise eyes that need no effort to convey their understanding. In the moments when you thought no one could understand, a non-judgemental face cracks the code of your insecurities, …

The Void Left By Change

Have you ever met someone who stopped believing in change at a very young age? It's sad, you know, because change is what makes up the unpredictable miscellany, that is life. I mean, you can't just go ahead and not believe in the crisp newness of everyday; Totally oblivious to the numbers that shake their …