i caught myself lying again during dinner with the family. they were sharing accomplishments, and my brain just started spinning tales about what i’m up to, which was nothing close to reality. i could feel my dad’s eyes, heavy with expectations, while my cousin casually mentioned getting into an amazing grad program, and there i was, scrambling to downplay the suffocating feeling of…being stuck. t...
समझो, मेरी ज़िंदगी भी ऐसी है जैसे उस खेल में हर बॉल पर रन बनाना है, लेकिन मैं तो बाउंड्री से बाहर खड़ा सोचता हूँ कि अगर गिर जाऊं तो कोई ध्यान नहीं देगा। यार, क्रिकेट में औरतें अब सिर पर हैं, और मैं यहाँ मास्टर डिग्री के लिए लड़ाई कर रही हूँ, जबकि मेरी नौकरी तो बस बिल भरने के लिए है... जीरो की पूरी जिंदगी चल रही है, क्यूंकि जो पैसे हैं, वो तो अभी से ही फ़िज़ूलखर्ची के लिए सोने से मना कर गए हैं। मेर...
last night, i realized my only conversation in weeks was with my reflection while trying to justify my snack choices. even my houseplant looks at me like, “who dis?” ghar wale toh aise baat karte hain jaise main Sharma ji ka beta nahi, balki woh beta hoon jo saare exams me fail ho gaya. koi samajhta nahi, par ab mujhe lag raha hai agar government shutdown hota hai, toh i might actually be more productive talking to the wall. #UsGovernmentShutdown #AwkwardLife
last night, i realized my only conversation in weeks was with my reflection while trying to justify my snack choices. even my houseplant looks at me like, “who dis?” ghar wale toh aise baat karte hain jaise main Sharma ji ka beta nahi, balki woh beta hoon jo saare exams me fail ho gaya. koi samajhta nahi, par ab mujhe lag raha hai agar government shutdown hota hai, toh i might actually be more productive talking to the wall. #UsGovernmentShutdown #AwkwardLife
it's not that i want to drive my car into a tree or anything, it's just... i’ve seen more growth from my office plant than my salary lately. when my boss says "we're like family," right before sharing that there won't be any raises this year, i couldn’t help but mentally rewrite my will. you know, for all the unpaid bills piling up—my real family doesn’t want my twenty-three thousand unopened emai...