I used to believe beauty meant nothing. When a cousin complimented I looked beautiful in a dress, my dad said he wants me to have a beautiful mind. That it could only take you so far, and that distance wasn’t worth chasing. I believed the mind, not the mirror, was where power lived. I thought…
Randomness Like These
The chances of you preferring pineapples on pizza are 1 in 3. The odds of you thinking it’s a culinary crime are 1 in 5. The estimated probability of you being born in a war zone in 1 in 6. The odds of your parents meeting are perhaps 1 in 10,000, and since a man…
Lessons Learned (2023 Version)
Part of growing up and moving into new chapters of your life is about catch and release. ~Dr Taylor Swift I just can’t believe it’s already 2024. Time flew by like August slipped away in Augustine’s life (if you know, you know). This year, not exactly a Hollywood blockbuster – no explosions, just a quirky…
We Move To India Forever (with a guide)
India is a place where colour is doubly bright. Pinks that scald your eyes, blues you could drown in. ~Kiran Millwood Hargrave Being in India is like gaining a bunch of crazy life skills. Seriously. You’d better have loads of patience in your pocket if you’re planning to visit. From the chaotic roads to the…
Where do we go now?
Labels fade, but the colours of friendship shine forever. ~Probably me So, I’ve got this idea in my head about Gracie Abrams. She’s like the ultimate fantasy version of me—creative, musical, deep, and to top it all off, she’s sung with Taylor Swift (!!!). Her voice is like something out of a dream, and she’s…
An Ode To Misused Proverbs
Wasn’t friendship its own miracle, the finding of another person who made the entire lonely world seem somehow less lonely? ~ Hanya Yanigihara A few weeks back, I found out something mind-blowing! Turns out, the saying “blood is thicker than water” is actually just half of the real deal. The full quote is “The blood…
Heights of Wisdom
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Henry David Thoreau Have you ever been on a plan? Or at the top of a skyscraper? Or anything tall enough to make fear and/or adrenaline creep upon you? Tall enough for you to look down and be amazed at how small the…
The Darkness Within You
I wanna be defined by the things that I loveNot the things I hateNot the things I’m afraid of, I’m afraid ofNot the things that haunt me in the middle of the nightI, I just think thatYou are what you love. – Taylor Swift Summer breaks can really take an emotional toll on you. It’s…
Blind Faith
Are you superstitious? Superstition is to religion, what astrology is to astronomy. A mad daughter of a wise mother. -Voltaire. A few evenings ago, I was walking across my neighborhood to a nearby convenience store with my mother to get some household stuff. On our way there, my mother had to stop to give some…
Characters Of The Lush
“The thing that’s fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.“ – Immogen Cunningham Back when I was shy and socially awkward and hadn’t met Enid, life was all about not meeting new people, disability to make friends and/or hold or even start conversations (this one’s still true). I had decided that am an introvert…
How To Take A Successful Shower.
“Are you normal or you take a freezing shower in 10°C too?” “No I take a warm showers in winters.” “I just like the way my skin tingles after it.” I laugh awkwardly while they look at me with the eyes of Simon Cowell. I think the way people cleanse their bodies each day also…
The Three Es…
Spotify Wrapped has arrived and everybody is hyped so that must mean something right? It’s that time of the year when we realize that another end is here and we have got to buy another calender for the same and pen down some new resolutions , which would rarely come true. Also , friends like…
Courage Or Stupidity?
Bill Maher once said , ” To a coward , courage always looks like stupidity.” I don’t agree with that . There is a fine line between courage and stupidity. For instance , when Spiderman saved his friends and killed off his enemies , he was courageous but when he disobeyed Stark he was being…
The Hardback Life 