In the midst of cake and candles and smiles and hugs, I started wondering why we celebrate birthdays at all? Isn't it our mother's achievement to have given birth to us? Why the cake cutting and candles blowing, why the celebration? Looking at the people around me eager for me to cut the cake, wishing … Continue reading Why do we celebrate birthdays?
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Have you ever had that wonderful experience that leaves you breathless or blows your mind away (in a good way)? The feeling when you just achieved something, fell in love, finished a marathon or travelled to a beautiful country? What did you do next? Message your best friend about it, post photos on Facebook or … Continue reading Stories
And that doesn't include what I "learnt" in school Half the things we worry about won't even happen Water is not tasteless Do it when the excitement is still there In the end, you are gonna have to help yourself It is better to say I can't believe I did it than saying I wish … Continue reading 28 lessons I learnt this year
A few days ago, I came across a photo on tumblr, I sent it to some of my friends asking them what they think the picture means and surprisingly, all of them had different answers. I was wowed away. Based on the responses, I wrote a series of poems, based on the same picture, looked … Continue reading The plucked flower: A series of poems
I twist and turn and roll around in my bed. After a lot of tries, I finally give up on getting that little ounce of sleep that I was supposed to get today, 'cause my body has betrayed me again. I pull off the covers and sit up straight on my bed. My phone's lock … Continue reading Let your eyes see the dark
What if you could be happy forever, like literally. We all know the ending to the fairy tales and how it ends with a happily ever after and we all know that it doesn't happen, why? Because we all are living and surviving this thing called life. What if it could be true? What if … Continue reading Happily ever after, literally
It is late afternoon and I sit on my study table determined to finish Work, power and energy chapter today. I turn off the mobile, get my books and pencils out and as I sit down to study I hear the sounds of drums beating and trumpets blowing. Today is the 10th and final day … Continue reading A celebration of togetherness
How many times have you heard people saying don't care what people say about you. My question here is isn't that what we ultimately want? To be better than them, to make people think highly of us and in a way that's caring what people think. I have seen people show off or lie or … Continue reading My name’s blurryface and I care what you think
You don’t love someone because they are perfect, you love someone inspite of the fact that they aren’t.
In a world filled with people with rotting, old souls hidden underneath a preserved body, imperfection is a rarity. We only want the best: we won’t come near gluten anymore, we use apps to track how much glasses of water we drink because apparently we will die without these notifications and we contour our faces as if we’re the Caravaggio of our own skin using chiaroscuro to get the highest cheekbones as possible. This is not a lecture on makeup, makeup gives you the opportunity to have a different appearance every time you step on Goffman’s front stage and it has the power to discover yourself once you’re behind the curtains. This is an ode to imperfection, a love song to big noses, crooked teeth, Steve Buscemi-eyes and all the features society just cannot accept.
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Today afternoon, I was cleaning up my room and I found some of my old diaries and photos and cards lying together in my blue cupboard.That afternoon, through some old diaries and photos, I learnt a lot of things. I found my 2010 diary, I wrote it when I was 10 years old. I read … Continue reading Going through my old diaries
How many times have you answered a question with oh, but I have no time? I think that there is no such thing as no time, here's why- First of all, everyone has the same time, 60 seconds per minute, 24 hours a day, 365/366 days a year. Second, so we all have same time, … Continue reading No time
‘Ignoring your passion is slow suicide. Never ignore what your heart pumps for.’ -Kevin Claiborne Let’s play a game of Russian Roulette. You and I are seated at a table in a smoke-filled room; there’s an old six shooter positioned perfectly between us with a single round floating in one of its chambers. The heavy … Continue reading Suicide Season
Friendship day is approaching. The day of celebrating your friendship. A shoutout to all my friends for putting up with me. I have a question- Well, why this day? Who decided the first Sunday of every August people are supposed to feel grateful to their friends and celebrate their friendship? Isn't happiness supposed to come … Continue reading Can your happiness be marked on a Calendar?
Imagine if you had a chance to watch or not watch a movie which was about your future. What will happen to you later in life. All is there in the movie. Would you watch it and see your future and live that way or would you choose to not watch it and create you … Continue reading Unwritten
How many times have you looked that guy who can solve a Rubik's cube in seconds and wished you could do that or at that dancer and wondered if could dance like that ? Did you ever try that? To be honest, I couldn't imagine having a blog ( and regularly writing for it) a … Continue reading Started as us
Dear Life, I remember the times you left me alone, in the dark and turned your back to me. I remember those times you made me feel like I was nothing in the world. I remember those rainy days when I was crying in my room filled with despair and loneliness. I remember when you … Continue reading Dear Life,
Be it any kind of relation- with your siblings, your friends, your parents or with your significant other. What could possibly be bad about relationships? There's caring, trust, love, and love is life, ain't it? Here's what I think. Now to answer my own question, no there's nothing bad about a relationship. What I don't … Continue reading What I don’t like about relationships
The great personalities we know about, be it APJ Abdul Kalam or Issac Newton or Elvis Presley, I look at them(not really look) and wonder what is it that made them great, that made them who they are? I wonder what they sacrificed or lost to become who they are now. I ask myself if you … Continue reading To lose yourself
How far would you go for someone you love? Would you give your life for them? Would you take someone else's life for them? If you do, is that still love or just a selfish and greedy unnamed feeling you have for someone? Today evening, my mother was watching Crime Patrol, a TV series on … Continue reading For someone you love
If I asked you right now, how are you, what are you gonna say? Are you gonna go with the cliché- I am fine are will you tell me how you actually are? I don't know if this happened with everyone but speaking from my own experience as a child, I was taught the reply … Continue reading Why I am not fine with I am fine
Recent events in my life had got me down, and I thought I shouldn't be crying, I am optimistic. And this led me to wonder what does being optimistic even mean? Is it looking at life sugarcoated or smiling through the pain? I have this theory that there's a point till which one can handle … Continue reading To be optimistic
How many times have you heard- The biggest reason for sorrow is expectations? I used to believe it for a long time but then I stopped when I realized the truth. A person who expects nothing is someone who doesn't want anything in life. OK, consider this- you are in a relationship with someone but … Continue reading The walls around us
When was the last time you went for a walk outside in the garden? The last time you spent a day with your family, leaving your mobile, your e-mail, your social media behind? It is kinda impossible to imagine a day without mobile these days. And how is this affecting you? Today evening, my sister … Continue reading Not the same
Many times I find myself wondering what are we living for? One day we will cease existing and all our grades, our gossips, our laughs will not matter. This led me to wonder what matters after we are dead, what are we leaving behind? One thing I know for sure is that Life goes on. … Continue reading Things we leave behind
True, isn't it? The best and worst things come free to us. Who says we need money to be happy? Here's a list of the best things in life which come free to us. Hugs-nothing like a warm hug from someone you love Friends- and the memories created with them are remarkable Family Life-who knows this … Continue reading The worst things in life come free to us…. so do the best things
When I look at all the media we are getting influenced by, movies, books, TV series, music, I notice that almost all of them are about love. We have movies about love- The notebook, who can forget the iconic-Titanic and romeo and Juliet We have TV series about how people fell in love- how … Continue reading Is love overrated?
Does it exist? A selfless good deed is a good deed that is selfless, you would say all good deeds are selfless. But if giving charity to the poor or helping the old man cross the road makes you feel good, it is selfish. Also, there's always the expectation of gratitude. All good deeds can be seen … Continue reading A Selfless good deed
https://twitter.com/thisisEJKoh/status/420362403180597248 Do I agree with this statement? Yes, maybe. More towards the yes. I would like to throw light on the education system. Why do people study? To ace in exams? To get marks? I would encourage you to watch this video which says what I wanna say- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xe6nLVXEC0 Also, I wanna say that we … Continue reading Let’s study because we want to
Today afternoon, my 11 year old cousin came to my house, I had other work to do but the sweet spellbinding smile of child is something you cannot say no to. First I was And in the end, I had a lot of fun. You do become a child again with a child. With our busy … Continue reading Occasionally, be a child again
I find myself asking this question as tomorrow are my 10th class board exam results. In India, board exams are overrated and so are the results. I remember, in my class, during the unit tests and half-yearly, many people cry because they just missed the A grade or because they didn't get the marks they … Continue reading Do 2 digits determine your happiness?
Yes, i am talking about diary. I am 16 years old and i have been maintaining a daily diary since past 7 years. It is more beneficial than you think- There's plenty of benefits to keeping a diary/journal: 1) Being able to look back on your life- I think this would be the most rewarding part of … Continue reading Don’t bottle it up, write it down
Yes, you read that right. What harm could be caused by hugging a teddy bear? Technically, none. What I am trying to say here is don't hug a teddy bear if you have a person to hug. That person can be anyone, your mom, your sister, your dad, your grand mom, your friend, anyone. My … Continue reading Don’t hug a teddybear
by reading the title, i think it is pretty clear as to who i am talking about, who have dedicated their lives to you who worry about when and what you will eat who worry when you will get home, those whose day doesn't pass without thinking about you, those whose love for you will … Continue reading One day they will stop existing
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