Homecoming

The sea was the rippled mirror of the sky, And it beckoned me to come, I ran towards it. Like the blue waters could quench this ineffable yearning within, The gold flecks of sand and white droplets of foam covered my calves. It wasn’t enough. This sea was a place I had known forever, I had walked […]

She Should Have Been Named

Once upon a time there was a girl, Who they should have called Athena, For she was true and wise, They trembled at her might. She ought to be called Artemis, For she was dark and beautiful as the night, Her arrows were silent, But she never missed her mark. They should have called her […]

The Light Bringer

Happy Diwali!

Memories are all I have

In memoriam of my grandma, whose still with her hopelessly lost granddaughter. I miss you Aaji.

In the Silence of the Night

As the girl sat in her window, she realised the silence of the night. All she could hear was the chirp of the crickets and the rustle of the leaves.“I guess every city needs to sleep once in a while,” she thought. The city might have been asleep, but she was awake, a book that […]

Unpopular opinions on books

I have a lot of unpopular opinions. Not just in books, but everything. Either this, or that I have the most clichéd thoughts. It’s like that quote,” She hates with every fibre of her being or loves with every piece of her heart.”Isn’t this true for all of us? Anyway, now let’s talk books. ( […]

The Steps of Binging

1. Finding the perfect thing to binge Books Movies TV series And have a spree. 2. Get so absorbed in what you are reading/watching that you forget you have a life. 3. Stay up at night just to finish the thing you are binging and then getting up super early to finish your binge spree. […]

The Magic in Books

There is something about a room just dedicated to books that takes your breath away and fills you with an inexplicable joy. Ceiling high shelves decorated with aesthetically pleasing books, with their crisp pages, sharp intoxicating scent and the gorgeous scrawl of ink over paper telling an enthralling story. There is a quote by […]

A Traveller’s Tale

Travelling is spending time listening to music watching the scenery fly by. Getting lost and arguing who was responsible for that but then realising that you were on the right road all along. Blasting the radio at full volume and then singing along, not caring about how right it is. Travelling is stopping whenever you […]

The Wanderer’s Way

( A wanderer’s view on life. Loosely based on one of the stories from a 1001 Nights.) I followed the bubbling brook With many destinations in mind I followed the Sun and Stars And the ever changing winds I was not lost I found more adventure than I had my whole life Trusting my instincts […]