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