What went wrong between us? Even with secretly knowing the answer, it feels unfathomable. The series of events led to complicating situations and ultimately evanescing the love we had for each other. And now, it can never go back to what it was. It feels bitter to think that, especially when I see my daughter’s…
Letter to myself
Dear me, Happiness is important. You are the person who holds the secret to your well-being and happy mind. Happiness is nothing but the state of your mind, precisely your attitude. What do you choose to be? Happy or miserable? It’s up to you and nobody else. You can condition your mind in such a…
Tell Me Your Purpose
Human beings have come so far in the evolutionary sense. We have tackled many problems and invented an infinite number of things around us. It truly is making our life easier. At the same time, things are getting complicated. We are talking about the purpose in life. Earlier for humans, like animals we had few…
At the drop of a hat
While I was watching the latest episode of GoT with my heart in my mouth; Jon Snow was being told that he was not the son of Ned but a legitimate son of Stark, I felt a stab of pain coming from my head. Baffled, I looked up from my smartphone at a six-year boy…
The Curse of the Other Women
Often I wondered how the world as we see it, still manages to be a man’s world. We have come so far from the 19th century wherein women in India were shut behind the doors, managing the kitchen and children. The women didn’t dare to utter their opinions and were cultured to believe the patriarchal…
On a serious note
As I am laying on my bed, almost decided to sleep, troubling thoughts are haunting me. In an online platform, in which one of my friends posted her thoughts on modesty of women and how important it is to enable womankind to be judged not for her appearance, but for her personality. As an individual…
Gossips in the train
Today when I boarded the local train in my usual time in the ladies compartment, I caught a conversation with two middle-aged women, wearing cotton saris and a prominent bindi on their forehead. The woman with greying hair and patchy colouring spoke to the stout one in a conspiratorial tone. “She had worn that awful…
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