Everyday Artistery

19th December 2017 {I hope you're reading this, and I hope this helps} Everyday I see people struggling to express themselves, lest they are judged, bullied or mistreated for feeling the way they do. A tragic consequence of such a scenario is that a person becomes afraid of their own emotions, and in most cases are unable to accept themselves for who they are and have to live a life of extreme emotional pain and difficulty. Especially those with mental disorders like Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, and even chronic illnesses like Schizophrenia, Autism etc. Unfortunately in India a person with a broken bone is tended to with love and care and are kept in utmost comfort, whereas a person with a mental disorder is indirectly or directly shunned, psychologically isolated. What people fail to understand is that illnesses don’t fall under categories like legal or illegal, acceptable or unacceptable, cool or uncool! An illness is an illness, and every person with an illness, whether physic...

13th December 2017 {I hope you're reading this, and I hope this helps.} We go through life with the sole purpose of gaining happiness, success, satisfaction etc. It is ingrained in our attitude and our lifestyle. It not only gives life a purpose but our actions meaning. It is one of the most important constituents of our identity. However, several years ago i came across an ideology that changed the way I saw this world and our existence. Whatever sensibilities and opinions w e have developed have after all been self generated, and therefore it becomes subjective and can be moulded to suit our comfort levels. This little piece of writing gave me a new perspective, and somehow, deep down, helped me cope with the difficulties of the every day world. “Happiness, life’s ultimate goal. Or is it? Many of us in the West spend our lives searching for this transient state: in love, in work, in travel, in the decoration of our homes. That it beckons to us from advertisements and l...

Strength does not come easy. It requires inner effort, time, patience and a lot of hard work. But it is not necessary for an individual to be strong all the time, 24x7, 365 days a year. It is okay to sometimes break, to let go, to caress your scars and heal your wounds. It's not necessary to always be upright, ready to face the world. Because God knows that it's in these moments of weakness that we truly understand who WE are. Who our people are. The reason for this picture  is because today, I have strength. I have the strength to acknowledge all that is wrong with my life, all that needs to be set right, all that is gone and all that must go. Today, I am proud to say that my inspiration is no one else but my own self, because to give up takes one second, but to fight every single day of your life and still have the courage to love all those around you, that's incredible. I have struggled on countless nights with no respite, breathless, aching to catch a break. As thos...