Category: Essays & Reflections
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Borrowed warmth
As soon as i take the AirPods out of my ears there is a noise. A deafening noise which sucks me in and throws me back into a weird place. I land hard. I crash, and then I try to get back on my feet. I know this place. The walls and the colors. The…
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Your True Self: Saints and Monsters
What is your identity? Who are you? Are you the nice guy? Are you the joker of the group? The funny one? The one with all responsibilities? Are you the person who helps strangers on the street and feels really good about it? Does it make you feel you are better than the rest of…
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Selfie
What does travel mean to you? Why do you want to see places and click pictures? Is it because it is cool to do so? Is it because wanderlust is cool ever since YJHD? Why the mountains? Why beaches? Do you have any clue? Are you doing most of the things because it is cool…
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Anxiety’s visit.
I was taking a shower, 2:00 am in the morning. He came to see me when I wasn’t expecting him, he doesn’t give me much of a choice. I have to see to his needs, no matter the time or place. Only a towel wrapped around my waist, I came out of the shower. There…
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S E L F W O R T H
There is you and then there is a part of you which is visible to the world. The part which is most active and sometimes so much so that even you start to feel that you don’t exist beyond that part. The part of you hidden in the dark is not for all to see,…
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The Sopranos (1999-2007)
In 1999, a show aired on television and changed the whole idea of what one should expect on the small screens. Television shows no longer meant providing answers, when it started to ask questions which left you thinking, “what kind of a person am I?”. Anti hero became mainstream and we were left rooting for…
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In the middle of a happy crowd
Everyone around me is very excited, all my peers are dancing with joy. The day they have waited for all their lives, has arrived. The day when they feel like they have won an Oscar and even though nobody gets called up on a stage here, everyone is writing and sharing their own thankyou speeches.…
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Trap
Sleepless night number two. I do not suffer with insomnia but I am scared of falling asleep. I’m scared of falling asleep during the night. Tomorrow you might find me dozing all day. During the night it’s quiet and dark, there is a huge never-ending space which is created when the world retires to bed.…