For the world, you appear like a perennially sick person -- someone always suffering from one or the other disease. But only you know where the real problem lies. It is not in that knee that doesn't stop giving you trouble or that unsettling cough or the floaters in your eyes or your a little [...]
Tag: Heart
Hurting Someone
What's the worst that could come out of hurting someone? They would never talk to you? They would never do anything for you later? They would never think of you in the same way again? No, that is not certainly it. The worst thing would be when you get hurt yourself too. At times, even more [...]
Tying Her Shoelaces
An army officer for whom his uniform, duty and country are everything, during an earthquake rescue operation, sees the girl who rejected him thrice volunteering as a doctor. In the midst of all the commotion, he walks up to her, as she stands stunned herself. Without a word, he bends over and puts down his [...]
Soulmates
Do you believe they exist? Sometimes in life, there really are bonds formed that can never be broken. Sometimes you really can find that one person who will stand by you no matter what. Maybe you'll find it in a spouse and celebrate it with your dream wedding. But there is also the chance that [...]
Three Seconds’ Story
She walks slowly on the path, with eyes glued to an interesting brochure. It is only when she feels someone terribly overshadowing her that she looks up. He stands inches from her. Had she moved even one step ahead, she would have banged right into him -- her head into his chest. But that is [...]
Under Mama Hen’s Wings
When we are really tired or sick or sad or scared, which is the one place that feels the safest? That makes all the worries of the world vanish as soon as we close our eyes? That makes everything right again, even if for just a few seconds? It is the embrace of a mother. [...]
Relationship Rubble
What do you do when you come to love someone with a lot of relationship rubble? Do you clean up their mess or build over it? Like buildings, we are all works in progress. Someone lays our foundation, someone else builds us up. Every single day, some work is done on us. But at times, [...]
You Know When You Know
You know when you know, But you refuse to accept. You know when you know, But you keep looking on. You know when you know, But you make such a fuss. You know when you know, But you wallow in self-pity. You know when you know, But you choose to ignore.
No, You Won’t Die Alone
You have to figure... if the world's fattest twins can find love, there's hope for all of us. Somewhere out there is another little freak who will love us, understand us, kiss our three heads and make it all better. - Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City No matter how weird you are, how [...]
Why Does It Pain?
Why does it pain? Why does it hurt so much? It pains because you have a heart. It hurts because you love so much. What if you are careful? Won't it hurt less? It would. But then you wouldn't love as much.