Consistency. This word has been haunting me for the past few years consistently. Consistency is regarded as the key in the creative world, whether it’s a writer updating their blog, an Instagrammer marketing their business, or a YouTuber trying to build a following. It is absolutely necessary to be consistent in uploading your work, or … More Authenticity Over Consistency #FictionMonday
For the past two days, I’ve found myself staring at the screen, struggling to write. Why do I persist when it feels like there’s nothing worth writing about? And what would I even do if not this? This is what I dread—the vacant expanse of free time, where my mind becomes a barren wasteland. Numbness … More Echoes Of My Empty Mind #MundaneMonday
This April morning feels strangely cold. I am sitting on my couch, thinking about coffee. I need my coffee, but I don’t want to leave the warmth of my couch to get myself a cup. How wonderful it would be if it prepared itself and gently glided toward me, fitting between my palms, ready to … More I Would Like A Cup of Coffee #MundaneMonday
Impossible – not a much-loved word, but one that is often used to keep mankind in line. However, I am not greatly affected by this word or its constraints. In fact, I am always thrilled when I hear it spoken to me. I am simply too stubborn to play along, preferring to prove the other … More Impossible #FictionMonday
Lately, I have been experiencing the scattered brain syndrome a lot. Let me tell the end result wasn’t pretty. Despite having numerous systems to capture my random thoughts, I often forget to input them into any of my systems and end up forgetting things. For instance, I remembered I needed to buy vinegar just now. … More An App A Day Clogs The Brain #MundaneMonday
Isn’t that the truth? When you don’t know, you simply don’t. Then why pretend otherwise? Do you really believe that you know everything? Isn’t that foolish of you? Nobody knows everything. Not me. Not you, evidently. Yet you insist that you know — not just what others went through and are going through, but even … More When You Don’t Know, You Don’t Know! #MundaneMonday
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” — Alice Walker So is a cactus. I’d never seen a cactus in the first 24 years of my life. Well, in Kerala, where I was born and brought up, I couldn’t even imagine … More The Desert Plant #ThursdayTreeLove
It was an accident—stumbling upon my draft folder in Medium. Lucky that I did though, as just last week I had hastily jotted down a piece while I was out, fully intending to publish it later that day. Like most pieces in that particular folder, this one too would’ve been destined to live a life … More Hiding in the Draft #MundaneMonday
I tried. All day yesterday, whenever I could sit in front of my laptop, I tried to write. I wrote, too — a couple of stories? prose poems? — I don’t know what to call them. I had a few stunning ideas looming in my head, and I jotted them down. It can’t exactly be … More The Story Continues #MundaneMonday
It is effortless to click the camera button and proudly share those photos on social media. Yet, the sad truth is that none of those images truly capture the reality – the genuine marvel that is nature. What we end up with is merely a photocopy, quite literally, of what our eyes feasted upon. Could … More Beyond The Frame
Beyond Scribbles 