The Word Story

When you finish a good book, how does it feel? Is it the same feeling for everyone? Do we feel the same way when we finish a good series? According to me, no. Perhaps it's because I'm a bibliophile? A bookworm. But finishing a good story book to me is a feeling that's..... that's like when you've finally figured out a person. It's a warm hug on a winter day (not Mumbai winter) and good, strong coffee in the morning. It's... perfection, satisfaction and nostalgia rolled into o

There is a story in the Mahabharat of a demon called 'Bakasur' that is frequently referenced in our daily life. In the town of Ekachakra, Bakasur had wreaked such terror and strife that each day he demanded a huge cart filled with food, two oxen and a driver to be delivered to him, which he would consume and only then would he refrain from destroying the town. The Pandav Bheem, who had a hunger for food rivaling Bakasur was the savior of the people of Ekachakra. While travell

These past two weeks, I have had a lot of 'firsts'. The first time I went on three consecutive trips. The first time I went to Delhi. The first time I lived in a villa with friends. The first time I tried tiramisu (loved it, would recommend). The first time I played boggle. The first time I presented a research paper. The first time I did not post my blog on Saturday.... You know that high you get, the buzz after finishing a great series (I mean books, you think Netflix)? Rec

It seems as if romance really does touch people's hearts, and so I decided to make it a series... Let's follow him and her through the alleys of love! He wasn't a pushover. No, really. He was, in fact, very stubborn when he wanted to be. But perhaps, years of being pushed to interact more and make more friends and be anyone except who he actually was had worn him down. Perhaps that was the reason he found himself waiting for the uber to arrive and take him to his friends hous

William James and Carl Lange created a psychological theory which said that we feel certain physiological reactions to a stimulus in certain parts of our body, which lead to emotions. On the other hand Walter Cannon and Philip Bard were of the opinion that emotions and physiological reactions occur simultaneously yet separately from each other. Yet another theory is that of Schachter-Singer, which says that emotions are a result of physiological arousal and the cognitive labe

I've never tried writing stories, and I've always wanted to write romance.... SO here goes.... She had ordered it of the internet as an impulse buy, because it looked aesthetic, like the one influencers use. Never intending to use it, it lay in a corner of her cupboard buried under the folders and files that she never opened anymore. Perhaps it was serendipity, perhaps she was meant to use it today, or perhaps she had found it because she was cleaning her cupboard (but I like

If a PhD in astrophysics were sold in the black market today, how much would it be worth? More or less than a piece of paper with a stamp? Would the words on it increase or lower it's value as recyclable paper? At least the thickness and gsm value of the paper will work in it's favor... Mindboggling, isn't it? To think about how worthless the accomplishments of those 'intelligent' and 'wise' are to the man with less privilege. A man who has no time for science and no patience

"It's the first generation that's really embracing mental health and freedom of expression--" "Yeah, I think they're embracing it a bit too much, whenever they want to get out of something it's a mental health issue".... Anyone who is not living under a rock, or does not have a well adjusted, social media controlled life, must be aware of the internet debate that these statements sparked. They talk of none other than Generation Z, more popularly called Gen Z. A generation tha

And I don't mean coins or lower denomination currency notes. I mean the change that is the only constant. The one that hurts and the one that heals. The one that is a promise and a threat. Bad times shall change, but so shall the good ones. Life will never let you get comfortable, will it? Forever a twist, forever a tumble. Change is always the presence right around the corner or the monster under your bed, depending on what you see it as... Why then were we not programmed fo

If you search for a scientific and quantum physics explanation of time, it is a dimension, a world so far beyond our grasp that it is truly laughable. If you search a logical explanation of time, it is fluid. Just seconds and minutes passing by. If you search for a geographical explanation of time, its the rotations and revolutions of our mother Earth in the milky way. What I ask however, is the literary explanation. And it tells me that time is a force of it’s own. A force w

You make me feel like I'm on top of the world; Like it's all lying at my feet. Yet you humble me in ways I did not know, Give me joy every time we meet. But I don't believe you. When you say you love me, I wait for it to end; I wait for the day you will stop. But I don't believe you. When you say it's forever, I wait for it to end; For the forever to become never. But I don't believe you. When you tell me you see a future with me, I wait for it to end; For you to realize it's

There is a graveyard right beside Chinchpokli station, on the way from my college to my home every day. I see it through the bars of my train window, and I am fascinated by its beauty. Full of white marble tombstones, a massive tree spreading its boughs around and a dome full of secrets in the center. Perhaps it is my design aesthetic that prompts this observation, but massive old trees and graveyards go hand in hand. There is something to be said about nature reaching out to

While Science has taken huge leaps and bounds in time and technology, it has still not set its priorities straight. I will maintain that the need of the hour is a teleportation machine, however, all I want right here, right now, is a huge red button to stop life for a few moments. Just to gather my thoughts. Maybe God can start working on that, huh? Doesn't it ever feel like you have wayyyy too much going on to even have time to take a breath? Like you are running on a treadm