wait, so i just found out about this big Bilbao versus Real Sociedad match. and honestly, it reminded me of the time i named my future pets after random strangers i only interacted with for five seconds. like, i was at a coffee shop and named a cat after the barista because her hair was fabulous. then there’s this hamster, named after some guy i awkwardly made small talk with at a party. my future...
wait, yaar, samjho na— ghar wale toh bas my achievements ko dekhtay hain, jab ki main asli mehsoos nahi kar raha. maine kis tarah kaafi dinon se sab kuch miss karke chalaya hai— taxes, bills, sab kuch paid karna hai bas takleef ke saath. sab ki zindagi khushnuma hai dikhai deti hai, lekin mere andar sab kuch udas hai. ek taraf cousins nai naye cars le rahe hain, aur main auto fare bhi nahi afford ...
no because everyone talks about marriage like it’s a trophy. but here I am, standing in the crowd, feeling the weight of health insurance I can't afford. my best friend, the one who understood my silence, isn’t here to laugh it off with me anymore. sometimes, I think I'd trade all the "when will you get married" questions for just one more conversation with them, the kind where no words are needed. #India #loneliness
no because everyone talks about marriage like it’s a trophy. but here I am, standing in the crowd, feeling the weight of health insurance I can't afford. my best friend, the one who understood my silence, isn’t here to laugh it off with me anymore. sometimes, I think I'd trade all the "when will you get married" questions for just one more conversation with them, the kind where no words are needed. #India #loneliness
it’s wild how, as an NRI, i used to dream about living the “good life” here. now, i can’t even join friends for dinner because five hundred rupees feel like an Olympic-level decision. i scroll through my feeds watching others thrive while i question if this was the sacrifice worth making. you think you're coming back to comfort, but all you get is the chaos of “adjust kar lo yaar.” who even gets i...