Author: Pratishtha

“My parents won’t allow a girl
from another caste” – he said
while breaking up.
She wondered if playing with
someone’s feelings
was also one of his parent’s
preaching.

Somewhere between “Click
here to create a new
account” to
“You have a memory to share”,
life happened online.

Money enabled us to have
the softest of blankets
but somewhere we still crave
for the warmth of our
mother’s pallu.

When the ‘will’ decided
to interfere, the
two brothers turned from
best friends to worst
enemies.

While his children were
fighting for property,
his dog didn’t even leave
the grave.

Somewhere between
calling her at 2 am
for all the bullshit to
feeling hesitant
in dialing her
number at all,
two friends chose
misunderstanding
over love

Hitting a six is easy.
Its hitting consistent singles
that’s challenging.

You need to be emotionally
broken at least once,
to stay mentally strong for the
rest of your life.

When corruption started
managing individuals,
human values chose to suicide.

“Mummy, my friends’ father
live with them? Why don’t
Papa stay with us?”
– the kid asked
his mom
“So that all your friends can
live happily with theirs”
– the soldiers’ wife
proudly said.