Do you know that tingly feeling in the stomach, just before you are about to do something really important? The sort that makes you not want to eat much? Even makes your concentrating on anything difficult? Of course, you do! These are the symptoms which are commonly called as butterflies in the stomach. Everyone experiences [...]
Never Ever Again
"Never ever again will I ______ !" Everyone who has ever used this phrase put up your hand. Chances are that each person reading this post will. It could be related to any sphere of our life - relationships, work or even in general. At some point, we have all staunchly resolved to not repeat [...]
Only Child Syndrome
"You are an only child, aren't you?" I asked, matter of factly. "Where did that come from? But, well... yes. How did you know?" asked a completely baffled junior who I had spoken to for barely ten minutes the very first time. "I know one when I see one. You have all the symptoms of [...]
Bonding Over Food
Did you ever feel like you wanted to eat this and that and also that, but tried to keep calm lest others might judge you? And then, voila! You find someone with a food urge just like you. Boy, are you glad! Enjoying food alone is also pretty satisfactory. But having someone along for the [...]
A Story’s Expiry Date
They say, nothing lasts forever. Everything comes with an expiration date. So what is the expiration date of a story? When does it stop making any sense? When does it lose its impact? Every story is placed in some context of time, place and the reigning standards. It will be a hundred percent true to [...]
Wheelchair Love
What is your first reaction when you see someone on a wheelchair? Empathy, pity? Surprisingly, mine today was, "I want something like that!" So much so that my eyes welled up... An old woman was on a wheelchair, with her right hand upright in a weird manner and her face sort of permanently turned slightly [...]
The Reason to Smile
As a child, whenever someone smiled at me just as a courtesy, I never smiled back. Even when my mother asked me to, I did not. My explanation was a question, "Why???" "Because it is polite," Mom would reply. "But why should I smile without a reason? They did not crack a joke," I would [...]
Believe
At times, we really, really want something. The odds might be against us yet we want it. But the sad part is that there is not much that we can do about it. Though there is always one thing that we can - wherever, whenever, however! We can believe. It might sound a little too [...]
How Game of Thrones WILL End
Daenerys, Jon, Tyrion, Arya, Sansa or the Night King or someone else? Who will finally win the Game of Thrones? How will the tale of gore, cold betrayal and heartache finally end? Now that the post-production stage of Game of Thrones is in full swing and the different actors are going on to experiment with [...]
Simple Writing
What use is such writing that only you, the writer can understand? Writing has been associated for the longest time with a high level of intellectualism. The more the usage of big words, the better the writer's vocabulary. The more complicated the sentences, the more talented the writer. The lengthier the paragraphs, the more credit [...]
