Life would be a hell lot easier if I were alone; if I were nobody's sister, nobody's daughter, nobody's friend. I wouldn't have to keep account of my life, not be responsible, not care to fulfil others' requirements of me. Just wake up, do me, sleep, repeat. No more "What would he think?" or "Oh, she'll be so disappointed!" Just fulfil my own wishes and desires and give no shit. I wouldn't have to feel guilty for indulging in...
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Sunday, 18 December 2016
Surprise?
"Up for meeting somebody hot?" I ask.
"Always." replies Vani. She's one of my best friends and has been for 5 years now. She was in town for a presentation.
We were at a law school near us where she was to do her presentation in two days.
"90 degrees to your left. The guy with the messy hair and Nike shoes in a black jersey." I say without even looking.
"Holy mother, he is hot!"
I nod.
Just then I see the guy...
Saturday, 22 October 2016
Be Brave
“Be Brave.”
I repeated the sentence over and over hoping it’ll make some difference, but to no effect.
Death was awaiting him and there was no stopping it. I mean, I knew we were all gonna die someday, but I never saw it coming this way.
Dan was distancing himself from me thinking that would help with the pain. It didn’t. If anything, I was more miserable.
“It’ll be fine,” he had said last week when I went to visit him....
Saturday, 8 October 2016
Growing Up
"We're all a little broken but the last time I checked, broken crayons still colour."
These couple of weeks were the darkest days of my life. I didn't want to do anything, even the things I once loved, didn't want to talk to anyone, didn't even want to get out of bed. Every morning was worse than the last. I didn't know what to do. I was stressed, had anxiety and was overall confused. I knew I should talk to somebody about...
Saturday, 24 September 2016
A finding.
This is something I wrote when I was trying out creative-writing-now.com's "30 days of inspiration".
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"I really wish you were you here, mom!"As I stood by my mother's tombstone, every last memory of hers came rushing back to me. I was 6 when she died. I don't remember a lot about her and my dad prefers to stay quite.I turned around to leave...
Thursday, 22 September 2016
A dream
Okay, so I know it's not a Saturday, my usual day of uploading but I just couldn't wait to put it up.
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So, I texted my best friend from 9 years ago
(I think I even thought I was gonna marry him one day) saying "Hi. Remember me?" Now, I'm not the sort of person who would ever text somebody first. I hate that feeling of vulnerability. But...
Saturday, 17 September 2016
The Bigger Question
"So, what do you wanna be when you grow up?"
"A doctor!"
"An engineer!"
"Lawyer!!"
"Teacher?"
I think I answered along these lines as a child myself. But, so did the rest of my friends, like every other Indian child. Surely, there were a few who gave answers like "Journalist" or "Talk show host" and stuff. But they never really wanted it either. They just said it to be cool. Look them up now and you'll...