हर बार जब मुझे याद आता है कि मेरा छोटा कजिन अपने फ्लैट में मस्ती कर रहा है, मैं सोचती हूं, "क्या मैं इतना भी नहीं कर सकती?" घर वाले समझते नहीं कि मेरे मन में क्या चल रहा है। सबको लगता है कि मैं काम कर रही हूं तो पैसे भी सही होंगे, लेकिन हकीकत में, मैं छुपा हुआ करज़ चुकाने में लगी हूं। जैसे यह प्यार का महीने की बात हो रही हो, वहीं मैं एक सिंगल पे चेक की इंतज़ार में हूं। ख़ुद से ही ये सवाल करती हूं ...
it's not that i can't afford dinner with my friends. it's just that my life is literally a game of survival right now, trying to stretch my resources like a rubber band that might snap at any moment. honestly, when i see that news about skipping dinners and boycotts, i think of how sometimes skipping the good times feels like the only option when every rupee counts. still feel like i'm carrying ev...
honestly, i wear the same three shirts to work like it’s my own twisted version of a uniform, and nobody even blinks. they think i’m the cool “quirky” employee, but really, i'm just trying to stretch laundry day into a month-long ordeal. my bank account screams for help while i pretend my ramen noodles are a gourmet meal, but hey, at least i can afford to binge watch an entire season of a show i hate. every month is a game of ‘hide the debt’ where i laugh a little too loudly at jokes no one really finds funny. #livingthelie #worknightmare
honestly, i wear the same three shirts to work like it’s my own twisted version of a uniform, and nobody even blinks. they think i’m the cool “quirky” employee, but really, i'm just trying to stretch laundry day into a month-long ordeal. my bank account screams for help while i pretend my ramen noodles are a gourmet meal, but hey, at least i can afford to binge watch an entire season of a show i hate. every month is a game of ‘hide the debt’ where i laugh a little too loudly at jokes no one really finds funny. #livingthelie #worknightmare
it's 2am and my phone buzzes with notifications about the football game. everyone is buzzing about Bournemouth beating Everton. meanwhile, i’m sitting here pretending to enjoy takeout that cost me my last few coins. no one knows i’ve been eating instant noodles for dinner for weeks now. that celebration everyone else is having? yeah, my joy got evicted long ago. guess i’ll just binge watch this ga...