My sister moved to Berlin seven months ago, and I don’t know how I'm taking it — Running Late I know I’ve been quite irregular with my stories lately. After reading articles on the changing algorithm of Medium, and a plethora of changes that are unknown to the authors themselves, I was taken aback. My stories hardly reach people. So the coming of these mysterious circumstances doesn’t paint a…

Who knew that a five-letter word could evoke a plethora of emotions, take you through a possible roller-coaster ride, but keep you alive at the same time? Death. — Many believe death is the beginning of the life of a new organism. Some others believe, once gone, never come back. For me, this death was a major one. Most adolescents face it in their life. However, they go on to date, relationships, or they do/ do not confess and…

A conversation led me into writing this article — One evening, my sister asked me what I think about dating. I replied, “Well, I think it’s a nice way to explore who you’d like to be with and search for your partner in the process.” She then asked what I have to say about people who go on multiple…

Keeping notes, trying to check off the list, and saving positive quotes — One of my goals is to perform in a prestigious theatre production here in Bangalore, India. I was to meet the director of the play on a Friday at 6 pm. I waited for an hour. No response to my calls or messages. He stood me up. …

An exclusive interview with two of the best bibliotherapist’s — “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” — Jhumpa Lahiri Bibliotherapy, also called book therapy, is a creative arts therapy modality that involves storytelling or reading books as healing. Samuel McChord Crothers coined the term ‘bibliotherapy’ in August 1916. It comes from the Greek…

Looking back at a few moments of engaging in social work. From donating my hair to conversing with enthusiastic youngsters. — 2020 has come to an end! That’s crazy! But I’m not going to say things like, “ I know how hard last year had been for everyone amidst a pandemic, it was the worst year, the entire year was a waste for everyone” etc. …

I am doing these, and they are helping me emerge to be a better person — This might sound like another cliché article that you come across on the internet. I’ll stop you right there. This article comes from first-hand, personal experience and I’m sure you’ll see yourself unfolding into a new path. Why practice and not habit? Habit is something that you do regularly. It’s not voluntary. You do it…

The most awaited festival for a Bengali each year — This empty and hollow feeling of missing Durga Pujo for the first time in my life has left me speechless. It shatters my heart to think of the fact that the ‘dhakis’ (the ones who play the drums are called so in Bengali) won’t be paid to entertain us, the…

How I and everyone in the world, whether they are conscious of it or not, feel trapped in the system of technology — I am one out of the many who watched “/the social dilemma__” on Netflix. It left me numb, trapped, and guilty. …