Random Thoughts

Numbers, numbers on the wall; Tell me the one which is best of all; Life has become mere numbers, you are not defined by your knowledge, your street smartness or your humor. You are judged by your weight, height, years of experience and so far so forth. We have lost our ability to admire beauty as we keep on loosing ourselves in numbers. We feel happy when we see our Instagram followers; while sitting all alone in a room. We feel successful to have retweets; while we are unable to make a decent living. Our friend lists are long on Facebook; while we get therapy for feeling lonely or insecure. We even flaunt our numbers with pride; while we have no one to celebrate with. Photographs are clicked for likes and not for creating a memory. Our lives have become a box of numbers that we keep on sharing. Numbers are what matters in every sphere of life. Education and intelligence are kept on the same perimeter of numbers; the burden of which is so heavy that people are...

Art of living So, I started with my blogging again. Every day I planned to write something beautiful, something extraordinary, something that stood out; so as to tell the world “ I am BACK ”. But, suddenly life took a 360 °  turn and all my plans went down the drain with the new Virus in town. Suddenly, the talk changed from future plans to survival at the time of the pandemic. Quarantine became the new norm, while plans of travel turned to name random names to the rooms of our house. During this sudden shift life became the most valued assets, long lost friends became a daily call and time became a commodity freely available without any restrictions or speed. So, life is on a halt now and so are my plans for a celebratory blog. Hence, I decided to simply pour my heart out on this one. This quarantine period has definitely taught me ways and means to live my life and not to merely exist. Over the past I have learned:      Life is full of ...