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Welcome!

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Hi! A very warm welcome to this corner of the internet! Hope you are having a good day! And thank you for visiting! 🙂

You can read what this blog is all about in more detail on the “About” page, but below is a quick summary and index of all that you can find here. Click the links to read posts from that particular category, or just scroll down further to read the latest posts.

Poetry

Some original poems, written by yours truly. Some of my favourites are: ‘O My Moon‘, ‘A Stranger‘, and ‘Chemical Reactions & Business Transactions‘.

Quotes

A collection of some famous and not-so-famous quotes, with my thoughts on what they mean to me personally, and why I like them.

Journal

Lastly (and this is how it all started actually), a whole lot of essays, musings, confessions, rants, etc.. Basically, anything that I felt like writing on a particular day!

Quickies

Bite-sized posts on any random thought or topic, in the style of “instapoetry“. This is something new I’m trying, so please bear with me. 🙂

Curations

Curated content from across the web that caught my fancy, and which I felt deserved to be shared with readers like you.

The idea behind this blog is to share my thoughts, in the hopes that someone, somewhere will relate to them, and realise that they are not alone. And if you do find something here that speaks to you, please forward the same to others too! And if you have any thoughts or feedback, positive or negative, or even if you just want to say ‘Hi!’, please drop a comment! Looking forward to hearing from you… 🙂

Goodbye 2020!

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Finally, we are here! The end of 2020. What a year this was!

Needless to say, when I wrote a post welcoming 2020 at the end of last year, I had no fricking idea this is how it was going to turn out. So much so that I’m now apprehensive about writing a post to welcome 2021 this time.. 😆

So, today’s post is just a quick look back at the year that was.

If you are thinking what else could be the highlight of the year but Coronavirus, let me tell you, despite that looming, omnipresent threat, it was not the highlight of the year for me.

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Welcome 2020!

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So, this is going to be my last post… Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere; it’s just going to be my last post of this year. 😉

I find endings to be bitter-sweet. I guess most people feel the same way, no? These endings could be of something as trivial as a vacation or a year, or of things that mean much more – like the end of a phase of your life, a relationship, etc.

Ultimately, the end signifies something that was with you, that was in your life – was your life – for a while, and now that thing won’t be there any more. You have memories of it – good or bad, but important memories nonetheless. That association with the thing that’s ending has left an imprint on your life. You are the person you are because of it, to some extent.

And it is true that the next chapter can begin only after the previous one ends. You can’t appreciate the beauty of the mountains while you are enjoying the sun on the beach! 🙂

I had a good year overall. Grew personally and professionally. Had some important new experiences. Wish I had done better with my writing, but, now, I’m just being greedy. 😀

So, yeah. It’s sad when something good comes to an end. But that end also brings with itself possibilities – possibilities of even better things. A clean slate. A fresh start. The chance to do things not done before; to experience things never experienced before. To see things, never seen before. And importantly, to even see the same things, like we haven’t seen them before.

So, on that note, let’s wrap up this year with hope in our hearts for an even better time in the coming one. 

Wish all the dear readers of this quaint little blog, and to everyone else too, a very, very Happy New Year!! 

See you on the other side.. 🙂

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All Are Welcome Here

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If you, dear regular visitor to this blog (do you even exist?!), were wondering where I’ve been for the past few weeks – I was visiting the US of A. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to be precise. And with all that’s been going on in the country, I was…I wouldn’t say concerned…but I was curious to see what the environment would be like now. I’ve been to Pittsburgh before as well, and it’s always been a pleasure. So, I wanted to see if anything had changed.

Although my trip went as well as could’ve been expected, it is in this context that I came across the following sign outside one of the houses:

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I wish I had a better quality image. But if you look closely enough, you’ll see the message repeated in multiple languages (I understood only one, but I’m assuming that’s what the others are conveying too).

The above sign caught my fancy immediately. I was once again reminded of the power of words. So much said in so few words.

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