How do you feel just a few hours before you turn another year old? For kids, it is excitement. For teens, anticipation. For those who have seen quite a few of these, it stops mattering altogether (or so they say). But for some, especially those in the bracket of twenty-five to thirty, it's a bit [...]
Tag: Time
The Right Time
It is said that there is a right time for everything. So exactly when is it? When is the right time to get married? When is the right time to have a baby? When is the right time to move in or move out? When is the right time to quit? When is the right [...]
When to Give Up
After the third or seventh or twentieth time? When should one finally give up? When should one stop hoping against hope and say enough? It's simple. You give up when you have nothing more to give. When you feel absolutely empty inside. When you no longer care. But till there is even one tiny part [...]
Waiting for the One Day
"Have you seen the movie One Day?" I asked my friend, trying to make my point clear with an example. We both love movies so I thought that should help. "In that too, the hero, Dexter played by Jim Sturgess and the heroine, Emma played by Anne Hathaway know each other for decades before they [...]
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, [...]
Time Will Tell: Part 2
Was I dreaming with open eyes? Was I living in my own version of reality? Was I seeking solace in something that wasn't even there? Was it all my mistake? Time will tell. Did I squander my sleep on you? Did I waste my tears on you? Did I not live enough in my present [...]
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 [...]
Time Will Tell
Were we right? Or were we wrong? Was something really there? Or was it long gone? Time will tell. Did we put in too much? Or did we not do enough? Did we wish too much? Or did we not even really dream? Time will tell. Will it happen ever again? Or was last time [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An Author You'll Remember 