All my online accounts having a conversation about yours truly — Instagram: Manali loves me the most! Why are we even having this conversation? It’s a clear waste of time. Facebook: *rolls eyes* oh, please! I came to her solace when she was mourning over her first love Orkut. She would never love anyone more than me. …

Who are you? — Making money by following my passion for reading and writing. Always curious to know more, learn and grow. Never shying away from helping someone who asks for it. An admirer of nature and all that it has to offer. Language and literature lover. In this world to try and make…

I’m nothing without you all — In a Creative Writing Symposium, where I was a speaker recently, one of the participant students asked me, “How do I get over the hesitation of being judged for my writing?” It’s an age-old question for any creative person and I answered them by saying, “You never get over it…

Because feminism has become so synonymous with man-hating — Dear men, Yes, I’m a feminist. And the first thought that probably came to your mind was, “Oh! she must hate all men.” So, let me begin by saying, no I don’t. And yes, I do. No, because I was raised by a man, grew up with another, and am…

Describing oneself isn’t as easy as we think it might be — Thank you, Ali. It was through your story that I came to know about Courtney Capone’s writing challenge. You have to find a word using each letter of the alphabet to describe yourself. I gave it a go, thinking, why not? So, here it is. Amiable: Although I’m an ambivert…

Instability, uncertainty, unsurety — Instability, uncertainty, no clarity, About the now and later, About life going helter skelter All actions and decisions lay in obscurity Instability, uncertainty, no clarity There’s confusion, there’s dread, Holding life together with a thread In you, among others, there’s insecurity Causing instability, uncertainty, no clarity The feeling that all…

An emotion we know of but hardly ever understand and practice — Zest for life may not be the same in everyone You are no one to question or judge Xenophobia is quite a common practice, but Who are we to say what is right or wrong? Victory and even failure are deserved by all Universe is quite big, then why not our minds and thoughts? Those who…

By being the kind of person I grew up admiring, and later, emulating — But there’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on your face. Sometimes the stories are simple, and sometimes they are hard and heartbreaking. But behind all your stories is always your mother’s story, because hers is where yours begin.- …