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The pain of wondering about the what-ifs is harsher than the pains of rejection.
You can spend the longest time preparing for a goodbye and it’d still hurt as if you didn’t see it coming.
How lucky to have someone it was so tough to say goodbye to.
Bittersweet is a beautiful feeling to write about. No...
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Something about looking at cities from far above makes you feel insignificant yet gives you heart. It amplifies everything you’re feeling.
I like to capture experiences. But what I love is to share them. It’s not a popularity thing. It’s a character trait that is so fundamental that when I experience something beautiful, I want everyone to experience it with me.
IF YOU TRULY WANT to marvel at the plays of destiny, the best place to find them would be relationships.
Look at the people closest to you, the most special ones that changed your lives, and see what beautiful sequence of coincidences had to take place for them to be in your life.
I don’t know who the architect of the universe is, but he did create something that we, as a race, can rely on, eyes closed and hearts open: dogs.
Lighthouses get shrouded too. Sometimes there’s fog, sometimes mist, sometimes a storm. But the beacon is always lit. It’s always there.
‘Shantaa-nu, there will be times when we can get through stuff, and there will be times when we can’t. And when we can’t, don’t feel so caught up in getting it done no matter what. It’s okay.’
Moulding doesn’t happen with cotton and wool. It happens with heat and hammer. It happens with confrontation, criticism and uncomfortable conversations.
But when something good is born in the country, the first reaction is to strip it, humiliate it, spot flaws, create a narrative, and the favourite: state why it wouldn’t work. It is rarely supported or nurtured, it is never respected for the attempt. But, most crucially, all this is never based on complete knowledge,
