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Today I get to write a sentence I’ve been waiting a long time to write: Parallel Heartbeats is officially out. It’s a story I carried with me for years before it became a book — one drawn from something real, about two people, Ash and Aaryan, who found each other too young and spent years learning what love looks like on the other side of that. A story about first love, impossible timing, and…

Step into the romance section of any bookstore today, and you’ll feel an undeniable rush of energy. The genre is experiencing an unprecedented, vibrant boom. From the shelves to our social media feeds, readers are celebrating beautifully designed editions and beloved storytelling formulas. Whether it’s the high-stakes tension of Enemies to Lovers, the playful deceit of Fake Dating, or the…

The “progressive” Indian household has pulled off a masterclass in cultural rebranding. For decades, the hard-fought battle was to grant daughters the same rights as sons—the right to study, to work, to step outside the suffocating confines of the domestic sphere. But as the modern era has settled in, a more insidious narrative has quietly taken its place. Under the guise of equality, parents…

Because some stories begin long before they are read. ✨ They met where the morning light would fracture and fall, Two different worlds moving down the same school hall. She had memorized the spaces she was allowed to occupy, While he held the gravity of the room without trying to try. A sudden collision of notes scattered flat on the floor, A pathologically synchronized look by the…

Love is in the little things Because love isn’t about buying…It’s about giving and embracing Love is in the gestures not the words Love is the way you hold hands to comfort each other Love is a random text in the middle of the day, just to say ‘I love you’ or ‘I miss you’ Love is cooking together on weekends and holidays Love is watching Netflix for hours while cuddling Love is caring for…

Quit the games you play

Always like a competition

Where no one wants to slay

But there are no winners in this game

Only a broken heart and a swollen eye

You use it as an upper hand

On who hurt who

Who was right and who was wrong

Well in the end it won’t matter

As its a defeat like a crater

But there are no losers in this game

As no one goes empty handed

All…

Media, Feminism and Patriarchy…This needs to stop!

I agree with all those who are annoyed that news channels are missing out on the debates on the economy, COVID-19 cases, unemployment and many such emerging issues. But lets not forget this is Indian journalism, even before SSR-case they were for years showing us what ‘Kareena Kapoor’s son Taimur is eating, wearing and excreting! We can’t expect better from them anyway!

I am going to leave…

Death is inevitable. But, why do someone have to take that step and fall in the infinity?

I never thought a strangers death could touch my life but don’t we all yearn for a fairy tale and when we find somebody who had lived one, through hard work, we tend to connect to that human in some way? And their loss could make us feel as if we’ve lost our own!

Sushant Singh Rajput, exceptionally…

My mother…my friend!

For a chit-chat or a warm hug,

For a phone call wishing me good luck;

For that advice when I needed,

For that smile as I succeeded;

For that comfort when I cry,

For that laughter as I come by;

From the quite walks in the park,

To our endless stories in the dark;

I miss the life I would have had if you have been here,

There is love in the world but not as selfless and…

In the time of Quarantine…

News these days is filled with stories of travelers and citizens being sent to quarantine homes. Seems like, ‘Social distancing’ is the new hype and ‘Quarantine’ is the new reality.

My friend’s father has been quarantined for 14 days, though he fine health wise. Ironically he wasn’t freaking out and this got me curious into a series of discussions on if and whys of quarantine.

Though there is…

Desi Feminism…!!

If you are born and brought up in an Indian household, you must have witnessed the mixed vibes of the ‘Desi Feminism’ by now!

Doesn’t ring a bell? Let me refresh your mind, with some of these “common” incidences of “Patriarchy in the name of women empowerment or feminism”

A mother talking to her friends at a party “We have modern thinking, we believe daughter’s education is of utmost importance,…

What kind of love are you in?

The other day, while on a long flight, I was reading an article on different kinds of love that exists in universe. First thought, this i article seems crap! But then it started getting funny, You name a love and its there; romantic love, emotional love, protective love, physical love and passionate love and the list goes on! Well I so far know only if one love…that is love!

But as I said, I was…

In anarchic beauty lies a mutilated work of art.

Beguiling but torn, wreaking havoc on ailing heart.

Camouflaged by inhibitions, dazzled by it all.

Her inner and outer self, barely noticed by them at all.

  Her steady walk alludes; she wants to be in disguise

Preserving herself, concealing all that’s inside

She hides her body, from the piercing eyes

Upholding the deception, of surging tides

  In…

When Love found Us

Have you ever wondered if destiny actually plays a part in your life choices?

Did it ever occurred to you that no matter how badly you want something or someone you sometimes end up getting something you never thought about?

Are soulmates actually made in heaven?

Cheesy right? But I started believing when I saw this love story that seemed to be created by God and woven by destiny!

It all began…

What it means to be a woman?

It was International Women’s Day on 8 March and my Facebook and WhatsApp was flooded with “Happy international women’s day!” messages!

I am sure most women might have been greeted by the men in their lives on this day. But the question is how many women greeted each other and genuinely meant it? Well I am sure only few!

Have you ever asked yourselves as women do we really do justice to being…