#theinstagramgeneration

An Ode to Kolkata. || Kolkata. The City of Joy that I never truly felt. You see, a non-Bengali living in Durgapur doesn't really have many reasons to see you, except to go somewhere. Transit point. Victoria aar Esplanade, Howrah aar Airport. And so, I've visited you, only for a few, too few days at a stretch. I've heard of you too often, and read about you whenever I've chanced upon literature. Be it the Rabindra Sangeet or his stories, Anupam Roy's Kolkata, or his Ghawrbari, it's always felt like I have missed you, yet left so much unsaid. Iconic, stuck in chaos, the Blue City yet so vibrant, and beautiful — these words don't even begin your tale. You're almost an anachronism, and yet, your tramways and Metro were ahead of its time when Hindustan was struggling with roads, and India was struggling with Railways. Hustling, bustling with energy, sweating and smiling, haggling, and almost smoothly moving by its rhythm— not too fast, yet, not a bit slower—, hanging by its balance, your people have recognised what it is to fall for a city. And you've taken them all, ever since your birth. So when someone asks me, where am I from? I don't think too many times about whether to say Durgapur, or Delhi, or West Bengal. I just smile, and say, Kolkata, even though I never really belonged with you, belonged to you. But I've known you like a lost love, a love with potential. And I've seen you with envy, and pity, and pain, and you've surprised me with something each time. As they all say, and proudly, "Kolkata is an emotion." I'll miss you. || //prothom premer moton byaertho ei shohor// ~Yash Raj Talan #Kolkata #TheCityofJoy #Calcutta #CalcuttaDiaries #writersofinstagram #theinstagramgeneration #TIG (at Kolkata)

"I guess that's what cities do to you. They take your heart away and return only some pieces when they leave." "I guess it's the same with people," she said. ~ Here's to not being scared of living. :) Which is hard now, harder than ever before. I guess that's just how life is. #theinstagramgeneration #stillalive #stillalivetho #writersofinstagram #writing #quotes #everfilter #bangalore #night #sky #citylights #writer #life (at Commercial Street, Bangalore)

|| Change your city. Change your people. Change your clothes, your lifestyle, your phone. Change your accent, your hobbies, your bed. Change your calendar, your plans, your extravagant air conditioned room. Make compliments. Make ideas. Make your notes, your bed, your playlist. Make mental maps, thigh gaps, fatal burn marks on almost-ironed pants. Make Maggi without your usual gas stove. Make up your mind without second advice. Take books. Take shoes. Take your diary, your smile, your headphones. Take photos, wallet and boarding pass. Get dressed. Get prepared. Get started, enchanted, and nervous. Get going. But most importantly, Change hearts. Make memories. Take care. Get better. || #instatale #instadiary #TheInstagramGeneration #TIG #wordporn #change (at Bangalore, India)

Sometimes you revisit the past, and sometimes the past revisits you. And in some of those times, you find yourself in good company. ~ I've known being stuck in indecision and confusion for weeks, months, even years. And while I don't let the lack of a big picture affect me, sometimes you just know you have to give up. Everything feels... wrong. Out of place. Broken. And you feel like you don't deserve your dreams. So you quit. Compromise. Forget. But then, there's still time to start again, right? Anew. Always imperfect, but nevertheless real. And I have a feeling that this uncertainty is reason enough to keep going on. #quotesthathithome #wordporn #instaword #fiction #flashback #instatale #TheInstagramGeneration #TIG (at Durgapur, West Bengal)