Based on a true story: A group of 8 young explorers, me among them, entered a house that was surrounded by not only darkness but rumors of being haunted. The air was eerie and the silence so thick that even a pin drop could set hearts race. I got a chance to enter with seven […]
I believe in Time and its game. It’s like – I am moving continuously, you have to go through all the strives and hardships and walk with me or you will be categorized as a failure. But my heart and mind said something else after rising last year. 31 Dec 2021 was a beautiful day […]
When we were young kids, we were told that whatever you do on the first day of the year; you will end up doing the same thing for the rest of the year. We used to make fun of this “superstition” and we would sleep on 1st Jan so that we get a chance to […]
The 31st evening it was.. the last day of the year gone by…I walked down the road from my building, with no particular direction in mind, only a printout to take and a few steps to make, to give my smart-band some much-needed activity. I said to myself “It is a number game after all” […]
“We heal, not in isolation, but in togetherness” This quote is so true, especially in the current times, when going out still contains a little risk. We managed for 2 years, sitting inside our homes and managing to stay together virtually. We all hope and pray that the new year marks the end of the […]
All that I have done in my life were mostly need-based rather than for fun and pleasure. And on the 29th of the last month, I sat down to trim my hair and I went on to shave them till I was almost bald. As I looked at my dark and ugly-looking hair falling on […]
On the 365th day of the year looking back I wonder what major achievement did I have this year.. can’t think of anything spectacular… I survived that’s my achievement. I could manage to somehow stumble through this maze of the physical, mental, financial, emotional onslaught of Covid. But looking back I noticed one thing. I […]
At this time of life, Are you who you wanted to be, as a person? Have you acheived what you wanted to? (To a good extent at least?) Doing what you always wanted to do? My answers are – definitely not. Before the pandemic hit, I would have given a different answer. The pandemic really […]
29 December 202119:20 When 2020 ended, I believed that there cannot be a year with more to learn from. But I was wrong, 2021 had, even more, shocks and surprises saved for me and all of us. I was more of a crying baby till the last couple of months, not that I would cry […]
“Endings are the – Beginning of a new era of hope,Beginning of a new phase of scope.It is in an ongoing process,Which sometimes is hard to digest.Still, life has to go through phases,To taste the flavour of situationsand their causes. Endings are to be cherished withlots of love and blessings,To connect with every momentof life […]
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