My World is Yours Now

You know, you are not the same person I know over texts. You make me feel as if I am talking with a complete stranger who knows every little detail of my life. I like you for the times when we are in class and we can't stop laughing on your stupid jokes despite the scolding of our lecturer. I like you for the moments when we sit on the park bench and talk about galaxies, stars, and the very existence of this universe. I like you for the days when you come to my place and we plan to play hide and seek, but end up telling each other stories which we write each night before going to bed. I like you when we meet in the real world, but in the virtual world, you sound like gibberish to me. I hate your virtual version. Because, I can't tell the difference if you are being serious, funny, flirty or alien.  I can't tell the difference if you're genuinely laughing or just decorating your text with smileys. I can't tell the difference if yo...

Hey x Bf, Today I want to tell you the reason why things didn't workout between us. I know you've waited so long for this. So, here you go. Do you remember the day when you made fun of the way I pronounce words and later on you told me that I am your bestest friend? You know what? That was the day when I didn't even feel like one of those friends of yours with whom you shared a relation of small hi's and quick bye's. And, that was the day, when my brain also stopped calling you my best friend. Do you remember the day when you couldn't stop screaming that I walk slower than a tortoise and later on you told me that I'm the sweetest person in this entire world? You know what? That was the day when I regretted laughing at each one of your silly jokes. And, that was the day, when my brain shifted 2 years' memories of our friendship from sweet section to bitter section. Do you remember the day when you said that I eat all day and night before our whole ...

It's been years since they took me here. I've even lost count. Here, each minute feels like one hour, each hour feels like one day, and one day feels like one year. This room, drowned in darkness, is an epitome of death and it would be a crime in itself if you give shelter to life within yourself, willingly. Without any guilt, I've been committing this crime since my very first day here. Because, I still have hope that one day my ears would hear the melodious chirping of my neighbour's children once again, instead of the never ending silence of this lifeless room. Because, I still have hope that one day my tongue would taste different flavours of Indian dishes once again instead of the chapati they serve which cuts my throat a little less than a knife. Because, I still have hope that one day my face would be adorned by Gulal instead of hands' print of people who claimed to be soldiers, unfortunately not of my country. Becau...

My Love, This universe loves to conspire. It has conspired the most beautiful love stories till date and I’m positive that it’s currently working on new ones. I pray every day that its new ones must include our story as well. I know we haven’t met yet and you don’t even know my name, even though the circumstances are completely different on my side. It felt like I’ve known you for ages when I first saw your picture. I know this line is very much overused by lovers romancing all over the world. But, I call this line my savior. This line saves me from running out of words when anyone asks me how does he make you feel. It sums up all my emotions under one roof with so much ease. I don’t know if we’ll meet in this lifetime or not. I don’t know if we’ll die as each other’s lovers or not. I don’t know if the universe is considering our case or not. I don’t know any of these. However, I am sure about one thing: if someday God comes to see me and gives me a choice between spending a day w...

I want to leave my footprints everywhere - foreign countries, ice caves, land under northern lights, desert, long forgotten places, villages, mountains, valleys and so on. Because of my “want to leave my footprints everywhere" fantasy, I'm more than willing to steal a few moments from my daily routine just to day dream about it.  Though, I never knew the reason behind this craziness. The reason why those strange unknown lands call out my name at 3 a.m. when I'm not even aware of my very own existence. The reason why that 2 second eye-soothing glimpse of those snow capped majestic mountains play hide and seek with my head , sometimes the entire day. The reason why hundreds of butterflies do salsa on the already wounded floor of my heart whenever I see Facebook or Instagram posts by my friends with captions like travel diaries, Shimla diaries, London Diaries etc. But now I know the reason. This is love. I'm in love with foreign lan...