changing seasons When the season of bloom sets in, we embark on journeys that take us places. Navigating the oceans of fright, acquainting ourselves with rising and falling waves of persistence, we keep on the journey until we catch our drift. What once looked distant and far-fetched is in front of us now. A glimpse into the horizon where the hopeful sun rises from the ocean of courage, gently kissing the raging waters of trepidation, we finally feel arrived at our resting pl

truths As a child, the mirror was not my friend. But a reflection of warnings - Girls who linger too long here are empty vessels, they said. Girls who paint their faces, paint over their minds, they said. I learned to turn away. The mirror gathered dust, I wore my bare face like a badge of honour. An armour against a world that measured me, by what it saw.   As a child, the mirror was her shrine. A canvas for the salvation she was promised. Dab the powder, hide your flaws the

Somewhere right now, a girl sits in a corner of her parents’ home, her thoughts tangled with hope and heartbreak, wondering if the leap she’s taken is worth it. At the same moment, high on a snow-clad mountain, a man who’s spent his life chasing summit after summit sits still for the first time in years, staring at the stars and asking himself if the climb was ever worth it. In a sun-kissed coastal village, a child splashes in the waves, learning to swim for the first time. H

Last year same time one of my very close friends and I parted ways. It was an important friendship. I had sleepless nights with the thought that we are no longer on talking terms. A part of me hoped it to be just a phase. I wished like every time, we will work through our differences and will be friends again. Trust me, for days I kept wondering how “this” moment would show itself where I am no longer friends with someone I believed was one of my soul sisters. Each festival t