it's not that people don't get it, it's just that my family brags about my "successful life" while I'm over here googling how to not collapse into existential dread during another family dinner. yaar, matlab imagine being jason holder in a T20 match while your biggest achievement today was finally organizing the sock drawer. woah, right? family would never believe I lie in bed at night wondering i...
literally just saw the first day of Ramadan is coming up. I remember last year feeling like a ghost at work, munching snacks in the shadows while everyone else pretended to be holy and better than me. Honestly, I thought I could hide my envy but then I realized — maybe I was the one poisoning the atmosphere. now I’m worried I’ll ruin this season too, like a bad joke nobody finds funny. who am I ev...
day 47 of staring at my favorite mug because it’s too cute to not be filled with warm coffee, even if my reality says otherwise. my relatives gather around, loudly debating whose love life is more chaotic while I sit here, my only audience a half-eaten chocolate bar and my cat judging me from across the room. it’s funny, really, how I used to shape every plan around that someone, and now I’m reshaping my entire existence around not knowing how to just… be, without a reason, or… oh look, there goes my cat again… never mind.
day 47 of staring at my favorite mug because it’s too cute to not be filled with warm coffee, even if my reality says otherwise. my relatives gather around, loudly debating whose love life is more chaotic while I sit here, my only audience a half-eaten chocolate bar and my cat judging me from across the room. it’s funny, really, how I used to shape every plan around that someone, and now I’m reshaping my entire existence around not knowing how to just… be, without a reason, or… oh look, there goes my cat again… never mind.
har baar family gatherings mein jab sab meri शादी के बारे में पूछते हैं, दिल में एक तरह की जलन होती है। जैसे, कुछ लोग तो बस नॉर्मल लगते हैं, और मैं बस यार, समझो ना, अपने पैरों पर खड़ा होना सीख रहा हूँ, लेकिन घर वाले समझते नहीं। अब रस्तोन चेस की कहानी सुनकर, वो खिलाड़ी कैसे कठिनाइयों के बाद भी ऐसे मैच खेलते हैं, मुझे एहसास होता है कि मैं भी किसी न किसी क्रिकेट खेल में हूँ, बस, और यह खेल मुझे कभी खत...