I am a PhD Student in India. I have been staying in a hostel in Mumbai for quite some time now. So long, that I call it my home. I am used to a group of young adults who are usually under-dressed; a little zoned out with exams, thesis or assignments and follows a particularContinue reading “How Social Distancing Brought Us Closer”
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To the Unborn
I swear I didn’t know this is how our country was going to turn around. Believe me when I say there was peace on the same roads when I had walked on them a year back. Yet as I am reading the news, I can’t stop thinking what world I am bringing you into. IContinue reading “To the Unborn”
The Stranger
It all started on one misty morning in October, when the clock was striking six. There were very few people to be seen and the stray dogs were scavenging at the corner of the street. Muskan, Nazreen’s mother stood at the courtyard watering the plants. Her husband was out for his business dealings as usual,Continue reading “The Stranger”
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now? (375 words)
I do not see myself five years from now. Three days back I was thinking of killing myself. With this prevailing uncertainty, how can I see myself five years from now? Instead, let me ask you. Where do you see your firm after 5 years? Do you have a policy where you consider mental healthContinue reading “Where do you see yourself 5 years from now? (375 words)”
Her #1
I know her for over a decade. We have not always been in touch, but she’s one of those who would never let the periods of silence get in the way. She is smart, intelligent, diligent and a hard working person. She would be successful wherever she would want to go. But academic success isContinue reading “Her #1”
