Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness: Mark Twain Sean Penn brought out the travel of Christoph McCandless with such beauty and detail, that every single college graduate who watched it fell in love with the exceptional life of McCandless and wanted to experience it first hand. And so did I. For moths I couldn’t […]
Do it for your blog- Take the My Friend Alexa
Dear Bloggers We all love the blogs we create, its our own little address in the whole wide world. Whether you have just started or you are this super blogger, one thing our blogs always craves for is a good rank, visitors who always return back and numbers that show a spike. Don’t we? We […]
कहाँ से लाओगे
किसी खूबसूरत सा बनाने की जिद मे लगा दोगे तुम सलीके का टाँका पर कहाँ से लाओगे वो सुबह जिसकी अलगनी में पिछली रात के टुकड़े टँगे हैं उँगलियों की चुहल और बतियाती आँखें जब आँखें मींचे हँसती थी वो ज़ोर से बेढंगी सी घूम आती पूरे गांव और नाचती थी पिघलते अंधेरों पर डाल […]
“साला ये दुख काहे कम नहीं होता”
वो हर दिन नेट प्रैक्टिस पर मुझसे पहले आ जाता था और घंटों प्रैक्टिस करता। लड़कियों के बीच साला खासा पापुलर।फिर एक दिन वार्म अप के बीच उसने खालिस कोलगेटी स्माईल देते हुए वह फुसफुसाया “अबे सुन” मैं पलटी और कहा “मैं नहीं चाय पिला रही आज” वह ज़ोर से हँसा, वैसी हँसी जो छिटककर […]
Because no one will tell you this
They will tell you how “Anthony Bourdain” mentioned “hanging’’ on his show for 63 times before he finally “hanged himself They will tell you how Chester Bennington flirted with “quitting” before he finally did it. They will tell you how “all roads lead to home” but maybe because it sounds uncomplicated that way. They […]
Postcard From P: I don’t want to be Mrs Dsouza
Hi everyone. This postcard comes from hospital bed, so ignore the typos. It’s been two days i am admitted here with complaints of dizziness, unconsciousness and general lethargy. So here i share my ward with another occupant, one Mrs Dsouza who is here since a week. I sat down to write my journal, a habit […]
I have become a sunset in love
I have been watching the sunset again. Observing how it takes a dip in the sea coloring the sky orange. I’m waiting for you Waiting to walk into the darkness together As the sun bids me goodbye it reminded me of you that even though you were leaving I still watched. Hoping, maybe this time […]
मेरी Ordinary सी ज़िन्दगी के सबसे Extraordinary हीरो- Happy Father’s Day
Father’s Day जैसा कुछ है आज. पापा के बारे में ऐसा क्या लिखूं जो कभी कहा नहीं गया हो. कोई कविता, कोई कहानी, कोई किस्सा, कोई कोट कुछ भी तो नया नहीं. पिता , जिनका होना भर ही कितना सुकून देता है. आहूत से पिता को देखा है, अपने दोस्त जैसे पापा को भी और […]
Dear Kate Spade, i hope you are at peace now
Dear Kate As usual i was having an anxious night battling my demons when a push notification came on my phone about Kate Spade’s suicide, and I felt a rush of vertigo. I had to almost go lie down on bed to steady myself, had to take a few deep breaths. I was introduced to you […]