Act fast.Think on your feet.Fail fast(er). In an age where performative workaholism could easily be the new organised religion, we are all forcibly a part of a formula (pun intended?) where speed is considered the glorified variable to win. [And winning is seen as the number of finish lines you cross, rather than the value […]
Wash your hands.Lend a helping hand.Care for those in need.Respect your elders.Pause.Spend time with loved ones.Actually pay attention.Take care of yourself.Stop running around.Prioritise [your] essentials.Don’t be a hoarder.Stop chasing everything.Be grateful for what you have.Be grateful for those around you.We are in this [world] together.Stop fighting change.Learn something new.Stop over-identifying with comforting habits.Stop blaming the […]
Everything is fine. We are not in a crisis.This is not our fault.We are the victims. Everything is fine. This is unexpected.This is not our doing.We don’t need to change. Everything is fine. We don’t need to reflect.We don’t need anybody.Isolation is easy. Everything is fine. We don’t depend on each other.We don’t need each […]
Should I be clearer? Can you hear me? Should I be simpler? Can you hear me? Should I be louder? Do you hear me? Do you? Do you want to? I do not speak into a void, although most times it may feel that way. Most times, shouting into the void. I feel I need […]
It’s personal. This year. It’s all about knowing. Yes. That’s the word for 2020. Knowing. The last decade began with me not knowing myself. Actually, I had no idea that I didn’t know myself. If you had asked me back then, I would have denied it quite vehemently. I would’ve said I know exactly who […]
“Learn to be independent.” Every time I face a challenge that seems like an impossible obstacle and my own voice sows a seed of self-doubt in mind, I hear my father’s unequivocal voice demanding that I be independent – in thought and action. And every time I tide over stronger, eventually figuring it all out […]
“I would’ve thought you are a writer.” I don’t know what it is that the girl in the chocolate store in Belgium saw in me, but it was more than I had ever seen in myself. She saw my truth, she saw me for who I was. Writing has been my singular truth long since […]
I hesitate to write, it’s a new feeling. My mind is blank, or maybe too cluttered? There is no prompt today, there hasn’t been for a while. I’ve been avoiding it. I shy away from words, I don’t know my story yet. Excuse. It’s the end I am mistaking it for, forgetting there will be […]
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.” Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist It’s been over a decade from when I first read the book. I wouldn’t give myself the credit to fully appreciate it back then. I was such a different person, with such a different dream. Mine, but not […]
Last year, when I visited my family home back in India, I was going through my (very large) stack of books and I came across a gift from my grandfather – Power, by Bertrand Russell. Growing up, I was always fascinated by the concept of Power. I was curious to learn how this 5-lettered word […]
