Happy 20th, rizzika Read True Love by Judith Viorst for the original 100x cute-r version of this She is my best friend becauseI read a New Yorker story about a college girl sleeping with an older man just because she forwarded it to meEven though midway through I knew I’d hate itAnd becauseShe never reads…

“Girlll, is this now an exclusive relationship?”I laugh and ridicule your speculationWhat are you even saying? We aren’t even together!He is not my typeHe is young and full of lifeI got my driver’s license the year he was born!He likes to go out on weekdaysEat hot dogs from random stands on the corner of some…

The sun is out. Or at least it has started to rise from the horizon, I can see the light seeping in through the disgusting yellow curtains in your room We have been lying in bed, looking at the creaking fan and talking all through the night Well there were those moments when you got…

This is personal, almost as if a diary entry. I was feeling emotional. It is also quite long, bear with me. I can’t help but wonder if everyone has these relationships that they are born into and thus have a predetermined way of acting in but somehow the relationship has developed into something deeper and…

As I turn 51 the coming weekendI sit at my study, making a list of invitees for the grand soireeThat I throw for myself every passing yearNo no, don’t feel sorry for me,This is a choice I made many moons agoYou see my family is great at throwing formal dinners,But the birth of a wildflower…

I was walking down my usual path and just like any other morning-it was windy, my fingers and the tip of my nose were freezing, I was listening to some bollywood song and the air smelled fresh.I was counting the number cycles that surpass me to divert my mind from the extreme anxiety I was…

This one is from the archives. Its that can’t fall asleep, let me try to be Harivansh Rai Bachchan and write poetry in hindi nonsense. I see its poor but its cute. I wrote it when I was just starting to try writing in Hindi, so bear with me. मेरे आँचल में बिताई वो शामें…

You. You make my heart sing,My stomach swirl,My breath quiver,And my knees weak. You. You are the love I never knew I needed,But the love I want—The love I yearn for.The way a newborn yearns for their mother’s breasts,The way the ocean yearns for the sky,The way a dying person yearns for one more day,Yes,…

I had moved on, I had healedOr so I thought.I didn’t mention you as muchWasn’t missing your extra-sweet teaNeither was I thinking about your motherly touchI was doing fine.I had moved on, I had healedOr so I thought.And perhaps you found outSo you came in my dreams to say helloYou could have come dressed as…

I have been discussing heartbreaks and backstabs with many people and their ways of dealing with them. I have been trying to make sense of ways to deal with breakups; not just romantic but also between friends. And after various times of mishandling situations, picking fights, and crying myself to bed, I have finally figured…