The Trap of Always Wanting to Be Sure
The Window She sat by the window of her favorite café, hands wrapped around a cooling cup of coffee, watching the world pass by. Across the street stood a little…
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September 13, 2025
Too Proud to Care First
Double-Tick They used to speak every day. Not always in words — sometimes in shared links, half-laughed memes, or silent phone calls that said more than conversations ever could. Then,…
August 31, 2025
The Sardars of Mari
In the Veins of History Sardar Hardyal Singh and Sardarni Jaswant Kaur When I first turned the pages of The Punjab Chiefs, published in 1890 by Sir Lepel Griffin, I…
August 19, 2025
The Soil Doesn’t Sing Anymore
There used to be music in the air.Not the kind that plays on speakers now—loud, boastful, echoing stories that never happened. No, this was something softer. Older. It slipped out…
August 8, 2025
The Heart’s Prayer for Meaning
The Yellow Umbrella It was raining, the kind of soft, stubborn drizzle that smudged the world into watercolor. She was crouched by the side of the road, holding a bright…
May 31, 2025
The Tightrope of Wants and Duties
The Heartstrings He hadn’t told anyone he was shortlisted for the fellowship. Not because it wasn’t important—it was. But because saying it out loud would make it real. And real…
May 17, 2025
Boundaries, Breakups, and the Death of Compromise
The Effort It Takes A few months ago, I sat across from a close friend at our usual café — the kind with chipped ceramic mugs, jazz humming softly through…
May 4, 2025
The Cringe of Being Genuine
The Farewell Song It was the last day of school. The air was thick with a mix of relief and anticipation. Everyone was taking pictures, signing shirts, laughing a little…
April 19, 2025
The Vocation Void: Why Work Feels So Deeply Unfulfilling
A Cup of Coffee and a Crisis Amber was sitting in a café near her office, still wearing her ID Card like a leash. Her laptop was open, not because…
April 13, 2025
Spirituality as a Pillar of Resilience
The Candle in the Storm Kabir sat in the darkness of his apartment, the only light coming from a single candle flickering on the table before him. The power had…
April 5, 2025