Nov 24, 2022I can’t remember myself — A PoemI can’t remember how often I feel insecure, incapable, and under-confident. I can’t remember the roads I have traveled to feel a little better. I can’t remember how desperately I vent about whatever’s wrong with me. …Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Aug 24, 2022A Poem: That One Day…(trigger warnings applied) there are days when i rub my skin to the bones yet the touch stays, wounds stay, impurity stays. the more i rub the more it stains my bones, imprinting my soul (i’m afraid of bathing and still being impure) there are days when i wrap my body…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Aug 23, 2022Chai with Archita: Weakness, Strength, and Empathyweakness: you are lucky, strength! people crave for you. people want you to gain power. strength: why are you so upset about that weakness? (weakness stammered a few words and then cried) strength: see, this is your problem; you start crying. and that’s why people disdain you and make fun…Love2 min readLove2 min read
Aug 16, 2022Art is Art: Stop Judging and Start Creating!I was pushing myself a lot. No one ever actually pressured me to write or do better, but still, there was a sense of pressure that I gifted to myself. I started being hard on myself and setting unrealistic goals; later I blamed myself for not achieving them. I have…Art2 min readArt2 min read
Aug 10, 2022Chai with Archita: Little Pecks of KindnessBefore writing this, I thought about many other things but somehow landed on the little pecks of kindness on the cheeks of humanity. Around 1 am, my brother and I talked about his birthday and how adulthood can be scary and take a toll on you. No doubt it is…Life2 min readLife2 min read
Jun 12, 2022Tell your story… MESSThese placeholders were looking at me and expecting I’d write as if it is that simple! Telling your story requires more than courage. If I introspect, I’d definitely dive so deep that I won’t be able to find anything to share, maybe because I have a lot to write but…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Apr 25, 2022Chai with Archita: Only If, Life had a ManualWouldn’t it be easy if life had a manual for how can we manage life? Wouldn’t it be easy if everything goes according to your wish and plans? Wouldn’t it be boring, though? No one can actually figure out their life, but why do you want it figured out, anyway…Creativity2 min readCreativity2 min read
Apr 18, 2022Chai with Archita: Give Up the Urge to be OkayYou will get it when you don’t search for it. I never intend to seek happiness or positivity because the more I tend to seek, the more it seems to go farther away. Poetry has been my way out for a few months (yet I’m, for now, struggling to write…Writers On Medium2 min readWriters On Medium2 min read
Apr 12, 2022Think out of the box: There’s no box at all.I have seen people advising creatives to think out of the box. Have you ever questioned them about what the box looks like? You have your thoughts and projections of your thoughts. Similarly, they have theirs. How can one decide for another that something is not within the box? I…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Mar 21, 2022Chai with Archita: Knit a Sweater for your Dream; Keep it Warm.I have newly founded great respect and admiration for those who are striving for their dreams. And there are so many people around us — undiscovered and unnoticed, taking baby steps towards what they want to achieve. Rather than the heavy headlines and tweets of successful people, such unrecognized people…Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
