Anything and everything I experience.
Look into my eye Do you see the yearning for what’s impossible For what I know shall consume me alive And what I yet crave like its my life’s last strife. Do you see I hold you, drag you, lock you in When in real you walk away free as a bird In the eye... Continue Reading →
The brightest, most sorted of minds are perhaps occasionally attracted to toxicity. Makes me feel so much better about myself to know. Being attracted to a feeling of lack induced by something/someone when everything else is seemingly fine is a toxic trait I’ve been long since been guilty of. Worse still, perhaps one I’ll still... Continue Reading →
One of the most challenging things for a writer is to keep a reader hooked to the end when you’re narrating a flow of conscience. I guess, most writers who have been successful in this haven’t cared about keeping a reader hooked at all. Having to make things ‘entertaining’ or ‘engaging’ often compromises the intensity... Continue Reading →
A light hearted holiday movie with a serious cast at its best is pretty much everything you can ask for if you’re up for a movie solely for entertainment. The Holiday from 2006 featuring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz alongside the charming Jude Law delivers an emotionally stimulating experience that would make you watch it... Continue Reading →
Remember that idea of multiple soul mates in Dear Zindagi? Sometimes it takes a small rejection to realize you’ve always been blessed with multiple soul mates in life and how incredible a personality trait it is to be capable of forming and fostering profound human connections throughout life. Some people, myself included (proudly), are simply... Continue Reading →
A rather fabulous concept in literature and visual storytelling was introduced to me by a moderately famous web series that not everyone might appreciate. Jane the Virgin is an unconventional rendition of a simple story of a virgin woman who is accidentally inseminated to an unwelcome pregnancy and has a life that she romanticises in... Continue Reading →
Made during the mid 1950s, Pather Panchali by Sathyajit Ray heralded a new wave in Indian cinema even when Indian cinema was just starting out. How far the new wave was carried on by other film makers is a different question. But till date, Pather Panchali is an unbeaten classic and here are my 9... Continue Reading →
It’s one of those days when the mind refutes every conscious intent you set for yourself because there’s one thing that it was catered to it the way it pictured. With every pause it takes, it goes back to the dreadful reality of a wish unfulfilled and wanders into the sad territories you do not... Continue Reading →
Yuval Harrari mesmerizingly explains in Sapiens how stories and humans’ ability to create and tell stories sets us apart from rest of the species on the planet. It makes us believe in the metaphysical and directs us to coordinate in sometimes unexplained ways. The understanding that our whole lives are just as much a constituent... Continue Reading →
I’ve put my heart out on the wall To frame it or trample it is for you to decide But a thousand thoughts & insecurities later I’ve put my heart out on the wall. Vulnerability is the boldest decision of all To consciously bring the defences down Wait impatiently for the other one to take... Continue Reading →
