A Reason to Leave Too Soon
The First Key On her third day, she hovered over the resignation email like it was a prayer. Nothing was wrong—and that was the problem. No harm to justify leaving,…
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January 17, 2026
The Art of the Fallow Season
The Field Behind the House When Meera moved back to her childhood home after quitting her job, her mother didn’t ask many questions. She simply handed her a pair of…
November 29, 2025
Your Peace Is Not Their Problem
The Empty Promise She replayed the last conversation countless times, as though repetition might reveal a hidden detail. The words themselves were ordinary—nothing that should have signalled an ending. But…
November 8, 2025
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…
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