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 [...]

The Glorious Mess Called “Us”

"How can her life be just perfect? Everything about her future, from her higher education to her job to her to-be husband is so sorted out. And in a good way! Just how?" wondered aloud I to a friend. "We don't know everything about her. So relax," she replied. "Still! And look at me! I [...]

Only Dreaming, No Doing

When she signed up for the architecture course of five long years, the only thing Mia was sure about was that she had more than enough time to become an author. She thought that somehow, something will happen and she would find herself writing everyday thereafter. She dreamed how "very soon" she would no longer draw [...]

The Thrill of Not Knowing

There are two kinds of people amongst the movie-goers. One kind wants to know the main plot beforehand. The other kind would hate to know anything at all. The funny thing about life is that whether we want to or not, nobody knows what is going to happen next. Herein, according to me, lies the [...]

Ego or Self-Respect

"When do you know it is ego and when it is self-respect?" asked a friend. "When you don't regret it later, it is self-respect. Otherwise, ego," replied I. "Great one! I will think over this," she said. While the advice-seeker appreciated the eloquence of the advice, little did she know that it stemmed from the [...]