Some things never get easier and ‘life’ is one of them. It’s challenges after challenges, failure, hardships, a lot of trouble, and what not? We often wish for a guide-book that would teach us adulting. It doesn’t look as promising as it did when we were kids. It is redundant to cry over things we [...]
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I just eavesdropped on my neighbor this evening; he was crying on the phone. Although the conversation was in Marathi (the regional language here) I could understand he was speaking to his employer and there was something about not being paid. He was crying because he couldn’t pay his rent this month and he won’t [...]
1st of March, 2020 Morning 11 AM Did you know when Jesus chose his 12 disciples, he knew that one of them was the devil, one was Judas? Yet he sat with them all and broke bread still. Even when you do bad things, Christ still loves you and that you can always change; [...]
Getting into the dating world after a year-long relationship can be pretty messy. It’s tough. When you break up with someone you had become comfortable with, you struggle a lot to get out of that comfort zone. Do I really want to meet different people and tell them about my tragic & lonely childhood? No! [...]
COVID-19 is the baddest & hottest bitch in town because she knows what she wants and she wants “everything”. I was one of the fortunate ones to have had the news early, of how bad it was going to get because a friend of mine was living in China at the time and he had [...]
We are drowning every day in Tik Tok videos of dalgona coffee, banana bread recipes & people dancing in their underwear; we’re drowning every day in conspiracy theories & hopelessness. We’re drowning in Instagram throwback stories of people clubbing & traveling; we’re drowning every day in memories. Is that all we have? Will we ever [...]
On the 21st of March, 2020, I turned 27. I had planned to spend my birthday in New York. Go to Central Park in the morning, later, catch a broadway show, go to the Rockefeller Center and, roam around Times Square at night - yes! I had planned my perfect 27th birthday in the city [...]
October 26, 2019 Kempinski Hotel, Muscat I could feel the wave of thoughts come gushing at me; before I could pause and take a deep breath, it had overcome me. I was drowning in memories. I couldn’t breathe, tears rolled down my cheeks and I wanted to give in, so, I got up from [...]
In the Realm of the Unnamed Belle 