Society and Lifestyle

  We all had that one conversation that was the need of the hour. Do you remember why exactly you chose that one individual? Is it for a piece of good advice, good words, or you just needed a good listener? I had that talk with my cousin a lot of times, mostly when my head is in a bad place. She never made it seem difficult for others to talk. After few talks, I realized it was never about the advice, it is always about listening. She had the patience to listen to the rant and never made me look foolish about it.                                               Few problems might seem futile to you but that one person who confides in you may take them very seriously. Once, a younger sister came to that cousin to talk about her recent heartbreak. There could have been two reactions, either she would have chuckled, and said, “You cannot be serious about this, you are too sm...

  “There are few books which I want to read again, just to regain the experience.” I am always looking forward to talking about books and take other's perspectives on them. One of my friends and I were discussing our new reads and he came up with this comment. This made me think that you can never have the first experience ever again, no matter how hard you try. The first time you went to a beach or hiking, cannot be repeated. The first experience might have left an impact that is bliss for that moment but the next time will be a whole different trip.  I have been in many situations where I wanted to have the same experience as the first one but was never able to relive it. And to relive the same moment we almost lose other opportunities. For instance, whenever I visit Wenger's I was always looking forward to hotdogs but I recently got to know that their patties are extremely tasty and I have not tried them yet. Sometimes, we are stuck in a time where we cannot move on fro...

Are online friends worth it?   I was in sixth grade when I went online for the first time to chat with couple of my friends. They were the same friends with whom I spent most of my day at school. Facebook was new and so were we to the internet. We used to plan and decide the timings to co-ordinate our presence on the internet world. This world was so fascinating that it ended up in our daily routine time table. I vividly remember that I always managed to take out time in between homework and playing outside to sit and chat in front of a desktop. And now, history has repeated itself. Here, we are sitting in front of our screens again. The only difference is, this time we are not excited at all. We are not excited to chat with a friend who lives just 15 minutes away. The pandemic has not only jeopardized our physical well being but has injured the intimacy as well. We are talking to our best friends as same as we are talking a new person. How will these digital friendships t...