Pyaar dosti hai
“Pyaar dosti hai”my therapist said to me today, following which I laughed for 5 expensive minutes straight. I hate wasting therapy time in non-insightful non-eureka moments, but …
You gotto be whole first
I read a book once about a man, Mr. Biswa, who was trying to build a home for himself. The book went on and on about his …
On companionship
I have been thinking about companionship a lot recently. If it was not society’s insistence, it was mummy’s health that got me to think about sharing a …
A life
1 // Severed ends It has been a week of contentment that was preceded by a week of staggering anguish. No sleep gave away to anxious dreams. …
Mental housekeeping
At the end of my workday at six, I, with my work partner and a bunch of other people, do a check-out calls, from across cities if …
Of discipline
I have none. But I have an unwavering will, which gives me the false notion that I am going to be fine ambition-wise. • I have been …
Loose Women
My mother has paranoid schizophrenia. Growing up, we didn’t know these words, we didn’t even know there was a problem bigger than her “mood”. She was a …
Kindness cards
I made a friend recently. We write letters and give each other movie recommendations. I told him about feeling like an outsider at my engineering college and …
this…and
Many years ago one day, a certain dear K had asked me whether I am a ‘sea person’ or a ‘hill person’. I did not know what …
Books
She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain – Louisa May Alcott The first time I ever felt accepted and loved was on …