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The Roots of My Voice
List the people you admire and look to for advice… I grew up hearing“what will people say”more than anything else.My mother never said big things,but I saw her strengthin how she kept going.From her, I learnedyou don’t have to be loudto be strong.My uncle would just say,“try once… you’ll figure it out.”And my sir…he made… — read more
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I’m going, even if I’m unsure
What gives you direction in life? I don’t know… I keep waiting to feel sure about things. Like one day I’ll just wake up and suddenly know what I’m doing. But that never really happens, right?I just keep thinking. And then overthinking. And then I get tired of my own head.Today randomly I was thinking… — read more
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Ink. My Voice.
Do you vote in political elections? voted today. ink on finger.i am a woman. just writing this.nothing big happened. normal day only.still… i don’t know. something feels different.i don’t usually speak much. or maybe i think my voice doesn’t matter.today i went anyway.stood in line. waited. looked around.everyone just doing same thing.i voted. that’s it.no… — read more
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The holiday that feels like home
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? I think my favorite holiday is Diwali.I never really thought deeply about why, but every year when it comes, something just feels different. The house looks nicer, everyone is busy with something, and there’s this quiet kind of happiness.I like simple parts more… like sitting… — read more
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Feeling Nervous as a Mom
What makes you nervous? I do get nervous sometimes.More than I like to admit.When my daughter talks loudly or gets emotional, I react fast. At that moment, I think I’m right.But later… when she goes to her room and cries, it doesn’t feel right.I start thinking about it again and again.Maybe I said too much.Maybe… — read more
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I Choose Silence Over Noise
How do you use social media? I don’t really use social media that much now.Earlier, I used to feel like I should always be active. Post something, reply fast, keep checking everything. It felt like if I’m not online, people might just forget me.But after some time, it got tiring.Too much scrolling. Too many opinions.… — read more
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The Taste of Being Her
What is your favorite restaurant? I didn’t plan to write today.But something about this evening stayed with me.I went to that same place again. The one I don’t really tell people about. Not because it’s special in any big way… but because it feels like mine.I sat alone, as usual. No music in my ears,… — read more
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My Words, My Safe Place
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I don’t really talk much about what I feel.Not because I don’t have anything to say…just because I don’t know how to say it out loud.So I write.There’s no plan when I come here.No perfect sentences, no big thoughts.Just whatever is in my head at that moment.Some… — read more
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Her Story Between the Lines
What book could you read over and over again? Some days are okay. Some days… not really.I don’t always talk about it. I don’t even understand it fully.I just… pick up the same book again.Yeah, the same one. Mrityunjaya.I don’t read it properly every time. Sometimes just a few pages. Sometimes just one line and… — read more
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Not Perfect, Just Better Every Day
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? Today I felt something very simple… I don’t want to be any character from a book or film. I just want to become a good person.I know I’m not perfect. I get emotional, I overthink little things, and sometimes… — read more