Question

It all starts from childhood You’re told whom to respect But never told why to respect You’re told how to be obedient But never why to be obedient You’re told never to question elders But never why not to question elders You’re told how to lead a good life But never why to lead a […]

Sometimes.,

Sometimes you don’t argue Not because others are right But you want to remain sane Sometimes you agree to everything Not because you are devoid of thoughts But you don’t see the point in wasting your energy Sometimes you take others’ side Not because they are judicious But you lack the spine to standup Sometimes […]

You Are Lucky!!!

You are luckyYes, I believe in luck We all must believeThe fact that you’re reading thisProves you’re luckyLuck doesn’t favour the braveNor does it favour intelligenceIt happens just like thatNothing more nothing lessYou never could’ve been bornYou never could have survived childhoodYou never could have gotten an educationYou never could’ve been “free”You could have hit […]

Powerful Decrepit humans

We say things we don’t really meanWe do things we don’t really wantWe forget things which we ought to rememberWe remember things which we ought to forgetWe argue over irrelevant topicsWe agree silently with the prevailing prejudicesWe put others on pedestal to hide our deficienciesWe put ourselves on pedestal to point out others’ deficienciesWe are […]

Life of an unbearably tender being

Imagine a Pigeon’s life It is always on alert, for Its life is constantly under threat Before quenching its thirst It surveils the surroundings It then takes a quick sip or two Before looking out for predators again If it finds a morsel of food on ground, It cannot simply peck it with no second […]

Closed Room & drawers

You store your memories in drawersIn one of the many rooms of your mindSome opened, some unopenedSome holding your darkest secretsSome holding your deepest fearsYou leave the room untouched for yearsOut of nowhere happens somethingforcing you into a dilemma whether to open the room and the drawersWill those fears haunt you or those secrets humiliate […]

Aren’t humans weird???

You know y’all will die any day, yet You bring new lives to this world with no second thoughts As if they will have it any better than what you had You go on a rampage and destroy the planet You despise one another passionately As if that saves you from the inevitable You chase […]

I don’t know me

I thought I was humble Until I started writing about me I thought I was righteous Until I justified peccadilloes committed by me I thought I despised racism Until I felt “the unreasonable fear” in me I thought I was above criticism Until I saw the flaws in me I thought I was gentle Until […]

are we free??

Just like a diktat, which comes to effect, when pronounced by an authoritarian, we came into effect because 2 adults made love to each other with or without the consent and/or intention of bringing us into this chaotic world. Even if they had intentions, they didn’t specifically want to have YOU. They wanted to have […]

individuate, individuate, individuate!!!!!

Remember You’re an individual first & foremost The following laundry list will kill the individual in you if you’re not careful Group thinking Accepting societal norms without questioning Blind faith in Religion/Nationalism/Political Ideology Not realizing you are in a Social Media bubble Staying in confines of familial boundaries Does it mean we should never be […]