Powerless

Last week was really tough physically, mentally, and emotionally. After the episode with my society, the municipality’s Garden Head came for inspection and the management still hasn’t reached out to me to assuage my concerns. It has been 40 degrees in the city, the heat waves continuing to beat down on us unchallenged, undeterred. You... Continue Reading →

Of Conversations From Today and a Hundred Years Ago

When I returned home from a work dinner last week, I felt a deep sense of emptiness around me so tangible that I could almost touch it. After spending more than ten hours surrounded by a large number of people, when I stood alone in front of my cupboard to pick out my pyjamas, the... Continue Reading →

My Picket Fence List

Three little birds sat on my windowAnd they told me Idon't need to worry During the year-end holidays, I took a different approach to deal with my homebody self, absence of travel plans, and general sense of loneliness that singles face in such times of merrymaking. I made a list of things that I’ve been... Continue Reading →

Notes from November

I've spent the better part of November catching up on my reading, ensconced in the setting-in winter, and pondering over the purpose of my life. It has been a good, cozy, reflective month. Among other things, some highlights of this month were: Used AI to generate some writing for a friend and that night, I... Continue Reading →

Creature of Inertia

Lately, I have been battling a severe addiction to social media and to watching TV to the point that I am frustrated of being on it too much. I have also been wanting to sleep a lot, and I have been indulging in sleeping as much as I can. I could argue that this is... Continue Reading →

Where Does This Train Take Me?

These days, I tend to think a lot about the purpose of my life in an oddly mystical and spiritual way. I think about finding what makes my soul resonate and sing, and nestle myself into that space. Stories about people who have dedicated their lives to their passion inspire me once again. Greta Thunberg... Continue Reading →

Savouring Solitude

After joining a virtual reading group, I went to an in-person, silent-reading group meeting where we sat in a park in the evening and read our chosen books in silence for an hour. I have been silently committing to reducing the time I spend in front of digital devices and trying to find ease, a... Continue Reading →

Fourteen

880 words Sometimes, I feel a listlessness when I have free periods of time. At others, I sit in my chair and look at the jamun tree outside my window. I know all the theory, about how we are always tuned into social media and constantly working, and that's why we cannot fully relax. Theory... Continue Reading →

Thirteen

740 words I walked down the large staircase leading under ground to find the metro platform was completely deserted. This could be wrong, said something inside me, but I had followed the Google map directions to the tee. I might as well have been in New York City, and as it happens in the movies,... Continue Reading →

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