The Words with Wings

 So, just the other day I was watching this movie, called "Love & other drugs". It was a beautiful movie with an amazing plot. It was the story of a girl suffering from Parkinson's disease and a boy who was an irresponsible womanizing drug rep but he loved that girl very much. Towards the end they have this particular conversation which touched my heart and I would like to talk about this specific dialogue:  "I'm gonna need you more than you need me"-Maggie Murdock, Love & other drugs This dialogue is so deep and meaningful. This was said in reference to the girl's Parkinson's disease but it made me wonder that isn't this true for every relationship? There are various times when one of the partner needs more attention and love than the other. That support could be both physical or emotional. But do we even let this thought cross our mind when we fall in love with someone? It is not always simple and easy to stay in love with someone. At s...

It is the peak Winter season now. The start of Winters marks a lot of things like those endless layers of clothes, cocooning inside a big fat blanket, and the greatest excuse to not exercise. But the best part about winters is the seasonal variety of fruits and vegetables. Those round and juicy green grapes are definitely worth the wait. Talking of fruits and vegetables, no one can forget about carrots. Apart from being the tastiest part of a salad, "Gajar Ka Halwa" is the apple of everyone's eye. Don't worry! Love for Fritters (pakodas) in such cold weather cannot be overlooked. Speaking of which, spinach not only means the delicious "Palak Paneer", it also means those crispy and mouth-watering "Palak ke pakode".  Can you imagine a blend of Palak Paneer's taste and Palak ka pakoda's crispiness with a modern touch? Well, most of us can't but trust me our moms can. So, just today my mom tried this new recipe which was called "Palak ...

 The news headline read, " Dating apps see matches bloom ". The introductory paragraph of that particular article read as follows: Dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble, and Truly Madly are witnessing a surge of activity in India, with some clocking as much as a 140% rise in subscribers. I'd be lying if I say that I haven't tried any of the dating apps. When the lockdown began, there was a lot of hype about dating apps all around, especially among the college students like me. So one fine day, out of utter curiosity, I too decided to download one of these apps just for getting to know how this online dating thing works. That experience made me realize that maybe I'm not made for dating this way. Eventually, I uninstalled the app and decided to never install one again. But a few days back, I came across various advertisements for several dating apps; ergo, with a hope that it'll turn out to be better this time, I reinstalled one of the apps. I could stand being th...

 This is a common abbreviation among millennials which stands for 'Fear Of Missing Out. It has been in use for a very long time but lately, it feels like everyone is actually getting a hang of it. Just recently, I came across a post on Instagram which read as follows: "At this time of a pandemic  I don't know what's worse this sense of being lost or the feeling that you are not doing enough." And this got me thinking about how our lives have changed and how we have evolved in this time of difficulty. At this point, there are two types of lifestyles which people have resorted to: There are the ones who have enjoyed all this time like they'll never get to experience this again(which is probably true) and for someone like me, this requires a lot of guts because I'm the kind of person who feels guilty on waking up after 10 am, even if I slept at 3 am. Most of these people have a sense of how hectic and chaotic our lives would get once the doctors come up with ...

 So, I have a hard drink or two when I am with my friends in college, occasionally. My parents know that and I can say that they are chill about this because my dad to drinks sometimes. But when it comes to having drinks with him, this is what happens: Me: Dad, can I have a drink too? It's been months now... Dad: Umm(with a lot of hesitation)… Yeah, sure! (He makes a drink with 20mL Vodka for me instead of 30mL and that's okay as long as I can get another drink.) After that drink, Me: Can I have one more please (puppy eyes)? Dad: No no! No need to drink all this. All this is not good for health. (While sipping his third drink...) This is the usual story, so I avoid drinking at home. But just last week, we went to dinner with some relatives. I was sitting alongside my mom and my dad and uncle were about to order their drinks. So, suddenly my mom turns to me and asks," Do you wanna have a drink too?" I was so damn shocked. I could not even the least imagine my mom offer...

In one of my previous blogs, "Unveiling my artwork", I told everyone about how I created my art page on Instagram. So, I sketched, doodled, and painted for posting on that art page, sometimes regularly and sometimes a bit irregularly. So, naturally, there were a bunch of drawings in my art file. I have a soft board in my room, thus some of those art pieces found their place on that soft board, while the others sat in the drawer of my stationery items.  Now, many of you might be familiar with the ritual of inviting a newlywed couple for lunch or dinner. So, one of my paternal uncles got married two years back and each of his first cousins was supposed to carry out the above-mentioned ritual and my dad was one of them. Soon, after they got married, we started with the renovation of our house, so there wasn't any point in calling them in a half-broken house, with cement and paints everywhere. So, we decided to wait till the renovation was over. But unfortunately, that took 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...