Wish Me, Silly

Half an hour spent To search the perfect photo. Then a message sent To make her feel special. The clock ticked away Minutes to hours. If only she may Reply in the least. There I sat waiting By the phone. Trying to stop hating All the effort put through. When patience gave way, Not knowing [...]

Smile

Smile believing It will all be fine. Take a deep breath Trusting in the invisible. If the joy which was here yesterday No longer exists, Then why can't it be true Of today's sorrow? Hold on to yourself When no one's around. At times you Are all you really need. Know it's all For a [...]

Be a Good Boss

You may try hard to hide it but you have a gentle heart. You would not only be respected and feared. You would be loved. Someone who can rule, and should rule -- centuries come and go without a person like that coming into the world. There are times when I look at you and [...]

No Regretting Till Lost

Appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had. This is how usually things work. Everything from relationships to career milestones to the apparently normal stuff like health. We take it all for granted. We assume that it is going to remain the way it is even if we don't put in [...]

His Best Bet

He knew there was something about her the moment he lay his eyes on her. It was as if everything just fell in place whenever she was around. He could safely count on her. Yet one day, she was not enough for him. The very things he loved about her, he searched for in another [...]

The Pain of Waiting

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting. -- Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns Ask anyone who has waited and waited and waited. Irrespective of where they come from or what they have wanted, they will all equate waiting with one thing -- [...]

Live the Moment

Do you know that feeling when you ardently wait for an event to happen? And then it does. Then what? The waiting period for it might seem never-ending. All the hard work you put into every little detail might seem exhausting. But once what you were looking forward to starts rolling, it all finishes so [...]

Break a Leg

It's moments before your performance. The audience is waiting. Your loved ones are looking at you encouragingly. And your heart is beating -- fast and loudly! There is that rush of emotions. What if something goes wrong? What if you forget? What if you faint? But you really want to do it. So you are [...]

How Much is Too Much?

They could be anyone -- your partner, parent or friend. They say that they love you and thus they are doing what they are doing. They mean well, obviously. They have nothing but your best interest in mind. Most importantly, they remind you through everyday things that they love you. Now, love is a funny [...]

Our Christmas Star

As a child, I was always in awe of the Christmas star that we used to put outside our house to mark the festival. I still clearly remember the whole "star process," as my father called it. My mother was the one who made the announcement that it was time for the star. As soon [...]