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Resumption of Life

I kickstarted my lulled journey after almost three months of a difficult hiatus. The world feels different now. Not that because it has changed. It feels different coz I have. The window with which I used to witness the world has suddenly become a lot

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धीमी चला तू साँसे

कम से कम चला रे साँसे साँसों को तू संभाल रख,है जरुरत आगे जाकर हौसले को तू बांध रख | क्यों चाहिए इतनी साँसे ?चंद लगेगी जीने को, आगे की नदी तो सूखी पड़ी है पानी भी न मिलेगा पीने को | व्यर्थ लगा मत

grim reaper playing chess with a woman

Write your Obituaries

Write your obituaries,The time has come,You might not make it,To the sun. Say your prayersAnd go to bedHope to wakeFor the morning bread. Believe you oarThrough the nightAnd take your boatTo the light. Things you didAll your lifeAnd what you couldn’tRan rife. Your awry plansAnd

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Getting into a Time Pod

After wading through countless topics related to every living being’s inherent ability to self-heal through Yoga, I have finally decided to give in to the process. The process as an ‘Acharya’ states is called ‘Reversal’. Imagine you are a person void of technology, holed up

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आंसुओं को थाम लो

कस लो कमर आंसुओं को थाम लो आ गई खबर बंद कर दो दफ्तर कर लिया सब काम हो गयी है शाम लगेगी अब रात की फूँकार | चौखट पर है यम की सवारी बैठ कर बस निकलने की है बारी | बंद होगी अब

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Face Off

With one side of my face paralyzed I have often been misunderstood by people. My smiling would be mistaken for a smirk. Some have wondered if I was grimacing at something that they said or sneering at them for some reason. Come to think of

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बखेड़ों की बस्ती

लोगों का क्या है,लोग तो भखेड़ों की बस्ती से निकल पड़ते हैं सब सामान बटोरे पर मैं, मैं तो वहीँ रह जाता हूँ महीनो किराया दे वहीँ बस जाता हूँ दुर्घटना स्थल के चक्कर लगाताबार बार दोहराता जो चीज़ें हलक पर रुक गयी थी सब

invisible man creative photography

An Affair with a Foreboding

I no longer feel my tears when they roll down my cheek on the left side of my face. It is a rare feeling per se, for when a teardrop does fall, it remains stranded on the precipice of my eyelashes whilst my eyes don’t

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नानी

क्या पता कैसी थी वो ?अब तो सदियों पुरानी होगी,कैसा था चेहरा ?कैसी थी आँखें ?और कैसी मुस्कान ?कभी देखा ही नही,तो क्या समझूँ कैसी थी वो ? भूल गयी हूँ चेहरा उनकाकहती अक्सर माँ,बचपन में ही खो दिया था,तो क्या समझाऊं कैसी थी वो

atomic habits book review

Atomic Habits Book Review – James Clear

Such a useful self-help book! I applied a lot of things that were in the book to my life and was able to build many effectual habits out of my sluggish routine within no time. There are things in the book that you are already