"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 [...]
Tag: Motivation
Bailing Out on a Friend
A friend in need is a friend indeed. We have all heard or read the above saying a million times. But it never really hits us till it actually hits home. Till we are receiving the short end of the stick. Or worse, till we are the ones bailing out on a friend. There is [...]
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 [...]
Go On
A hundred things to do, A hundred people to answer to, A hundred reasons to quit, Yet we go on because we want to. We got ourselves into this, Knowing fully how crazy it could get, Knowing that it would all transpire only from our sweat, Yet we go on because we want to. No [...]
Butterflies in the Stomach
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 [...]
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 [...]
An Author You'll Remember 