Nostalgia Meets Ambition
Discover how college nostalgia meets the present-day ambition of a writer. Some pointers before you start reading: The writing course I was attending was held at the college I went to a decade ago. Thus, this name. The following was an exercise in the course where I only had to describe that ‘settling’ (one particular…
The Most Effective Solution
The favourite night of the week had arrived, the Saturday night. Sunaina knew she could afford the luxury of uninterrupted sleep. Next morning, there would be no pauses to it from either her mom’s or the phone’s alarm for office. She was unaware that she was about to stumble upon a brilliant solution to her…
An Ad Girl’s Evening In Mumbai
Discover how she juggles between the two extremely different chaotic environments of a ‘college’ and ‘office’. Let’s begin in 2020. I was taught that people might not remember the words they read; however, they remember how they made them feel. Advertising densely relies on these emotions. I write for them, for the brands and most…
Let’s swim?
“Write, I dare you,” roared the grim monster who had imprisoned me, popularly known as ‘The Writer’s Block’. It filled me with fright. So much, that the mere thought of combat did not occur to my brittle mind. In that misery, I came across the following: Don’t stop. Don’t wait until you have reached…
Veni, vidi, vici.
Shopping in Milan, scuba-diving in Croatia and most importantly — a bachelorette party! Aren’t these crazy, wild and giggly nights responsible for some of our best memories and for making the journey of Ms. to Mrs. thrilling? One day, I want to honestly say, ‘I made it’, and for those three tiny words, I had been working…
Just Do It
I hate it how you’re born out of nowhere, forced to go to school And get an education so that you can get a job. What if I wanted to be a duck!? Okay, not exactly that but you sometimes must have had or will have a similar thought. The pointlessness of everything, you know?…
Get up, dress up and show up
Never be ashamed of a scar. It simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you. “Hello” “Excuse me” “Where are you?” These ordinary words with Pawn-like importance were suddenly being treated like the Queen in my board of Life.
SMOKING KILLS. WE KNOW.
Sometimes, you need to shut your eyes and pray. I planned a much-needed escape from this world’s madness that I was going through. It wasn’t an exotic holiday or crazy shopping. You might have guessed it. I planned a movie with my best friend. I walked in the cinema hall with simple anticipation. We expected…