यार, मैंने सुना "रहमानुल्लाह गुरबाज़" पीएसएल से बाहर हो गया। ऐसे में मुझे अपने करियर का भी ख्याल आया। परिवार वाले अक्सर अपने बेटों और बहनों से मेरा कंपैरिजन करते हैं, जैसे मेरी नौकरी उनकी शान पर ताज जोड़ने वाली चीज़ है। खैर, मैं तो अभी तक कोई बताने की हिम्मत नहीं जुटा पाया कि मैं खुद बेरोज़गार हूँ। बस हर बार ये सवाल सुनकर - "अरे, तुम्हारा क्या हुआ?" - ऐसे लगता है जैसे सबको पता चल जाएगा कि मैं सच म...
ever googled how to learn ancient Greek just to impress your friends at parties, only to realize that when the credit card bill hits, the only thing you’ll be impressing is your cat who thinks you are just sitting at home doing nothing? you tell yourself you can totally be fluent by summer but the only thing you really speak is poor financial decisions and loneliness. why is it so much easier to b...
day 32 of waking up alone, and my favorite mug is now just a prop. I scroll through a hundred names in my contacts, and none of them know that last week I stood in the kitchen and cried over a burnt toast. sometimes it hits me: I could disappear, and the only person to notice would be the barista at the café down the street. the silence is loud, and my partner is texting someone else.
day 32 of waking up alone, and my favorite mug is now just a prop. I scroll through a hundred names in my contacts, and none of them know that last week I stood in the kitchen and cried over a burnt toast. sometimes it hits me: I could disappear, and the only person to notice would be the barista at the café down the street. the silence is loud, and my partner is texting someone else.
it's not that i don’t want to go out, it’s just that my idea of spontaneity lately literally means buying three instant noodles instead of my usual two, like “look at me living large.” honestly, if there was a reality show about me meticulously planning my next grocery visit based on price tags instead of 'hot' nightlife spots, i would literally win an Emmy. the wildest plot twist is imagining my ...