The Words with Wings

 According to the Cambridge dictionary, a deadline is "a time or day by which something must be done". We often tend to overlook the word, "by" because for most of us a deadline means to get done with the submission just a minute before the specified time. But it looks like I am not that person. I'm someone who panics if I even approach the last day of the deadline. My college friends usually say, "Grow up! You are not in school anymore." And sometimes, I too think that maybe I should but that satisfaction of submitting an assignment way before the deadlines, gives you a sense of victory and automatically brings a smile on your face. But that is not why I'm writing this blog today. So, what is the point? While we are amidst a deadly pandemic, our colleges want us to meet deadlines which is the worst possible thing they can do because keeping ourselves sane should be our topmost priority right now, but instead we are busy worrying about submitting a...

 I can bet that half of you ignored the 's' after "Best friend" in the title. That's okay because when most of us think about "Best friends", we usually refer to just one person. But I believe that we can have many best friends, each with a different sense of excitement, humor, advice, and craziness. I'm going to describe what I'm saying here by talking about my best friends. The Long-Distance best friend: This is the one who I've known from school. She changed school and shifted to Sri Lanka, because of her dad's job in the tenth standard. She moved away and we hardly meet, probably once in two to three years, but our friendship has grown ever since. We share everything over a call and we know all of each other's friends and secret crushes. Our parents say that we are sisters from different mothers. So, in short, it's like an ideal yet virtual friendship. The school best friend who's always been there with you: We've know...

It is the internships-and-placements season in college. The students who have just entered the third year have to take tests for getting into an internship program (which would take place after a year). This is the time when all of the pressure, which we often see in the movies that depict life in an Engineering college, starts to build up. Now if you think about it for a minute, did that second sentence even make much sense? What is the hurry of taking those tests and interviews? Even if you get selected (which obviously does not happen to 99% of the population), you ultimately have to wait for a year to start with the training. But it seems like, the companies love to see the students under that pressure. The internships are mostly divided into two or three parts, depending upon the branch of engineering which you are pursuing. So, there is one for Computer Science and related circuit branches (the one for me), the other is for mechanical and civil engineering branches, and the last ...

For an average college student like me, life has transformed so much during this lockdown. Living in a hostel for two years, made me forget what it was like to be at home. How it feels to spend so much time with your family hits you at a different level when your stay was so unplanned and seems almost never-ending now.      Staying at home has its own perks and problems. One day, you are devouring all the savories and the next day you are standing with a frying pan in your hand and making an attempt to cook something not only for yourself but for your whole family. Every hosteller becomes used to his or her peace after they've spent a certain amount of time, trying to adjust to their hostel environment. But you can't expect the same amount of sanity and peace in your home. This can be said because as soon as you will make up your mind to study, your little brother would want your laptop. Or as soon as you'll start a new web series, your mom will hand you a long list of ho...

      I often wonder what the idea of love is... Because there could be so many things. Right? For some, it may be a sweet kiss on the cheek while for others, it may be having the same taste in music. Perhaps, a handshake or just a carefree dance in the rain would be the idea for some. Having a kadak masala chai from the nearest tea stall or enjoying at fancy nightclubs for many others. Nevertheless, sitting together in the school corridor or long drives after work or just late-night texting sessions can be your outlook.  It's amusing to think how a simple gesture like holding hands could mean so much to some and so little to others. Almost everyone has a different opinion on what love is supposed to be. And what do we expect from love? Wait! Should we expect though? No matter what, we still do. We expect it to stay forever. We expect it to care for us and make us grow. But most importantly, it makes us feel desired, and maybe that's what the feeling of love signifie...