Category: Life and its Lessons

  • Here is a list of quotes and shayaris I keep going back to as I try to navigate through my peak adulting years away from a place I once knew to be home- 1. Zakir Khan’s kabhi kabhi na badi baat keh deni chahiye, uparwala dekh raha hota hai, aap jesa kehte ho na vese…

  • TW: Death This is a rant. List of questions I know there isn’t an answer to. Journal of feelings I don’t know names of. Personal. Long. And yours to wonder about as well. I am a student in the Netherlands.Weed is legal and beer is cheaper than water hereThere are rave parties on weekdaysAnd getting…

  • Just a regular morning in the life of someone dealing with mental health A 9 am class.The alarm goes off at 7:20Snooze.7:29Snooze.7:38Stop.I try to get upRoll out of the bedTake off the blanketJust move your damn headBut I can’tI can’t moveI can’t even open my eyes completely.My heart was racing at 4:41 amI woke up…

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  • Okay so I am back home. I have been back home and life has been moving fast. Too fast. Sister dearest moved countries; I got typhoid; my anxiety has been acting up; I have the worst writers block and honestly, I am just all over the place. I’ll be fine, don’t worry love. But look,…

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  • To the child in you who is a little scared to step out of your comfort zone, There is a whole world outside the comfortable homes your parents raised you in, There’s cakes and candies, hard work and hardships, pain and pleasure. Step out to try it all! Because Once you have tasted the natural…

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  • I am trying to write in hindi, bear with me. Hi I moved away from home, it has been about 16 days and I have been super overwhelmed to have written anything. No no, I have written plenty this month. Perhaps more than I did in the first 10 months of 2021 but you see,…

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  • There is this girl She pulls her hair a little every time someone compliments her Or someone else  “Touchwood, kahin nazar na lag jaaye” She has the weirdest logic- her skin is all red when she steps out of the shower Because she showers in boiling water “I burn to the ground and rise again…

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  • For Kiya, who read my blogs with her “midnite tea” and loved that I love to write. I hope you are happy and one with god. Love you more than any gods will & miss you more than our hearts can bear I lost someone to covid; someone very near and dear. She was the…

  • My blog is an year old! Thank you for all the love; please share my work if it makes you wonder even a little bit! I have met amazing people in my life People with great stories to share; People with no anecdotes, just questions to ask People who have seen war; People who have…

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  • Hi world. I am really angry. Disclaimer: This is just my opinion. I know that mental health is a very important and serious concern and for the same reason I have tried being as sensitive and as politically correct as I could, but if in the process of expressing myself, I have offended anyone, then…