Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 24, 2022If I am alive, I will be a burdenI have accepted it. So should you. — Do you carry the guilt of your existence? The guilt of being human? The guilt of doing better than the others? At least in some aspects of life? I carry that guilt on behalf of myself and of many like me. The guilt of having a brain. A brain that…Existence2 min readExistence2 min read
Apr 7, 2022Didn’t you hear their bellows?Only if someone would have shooed the death away… — He: I probably saw some passers-by out of the corner of my eye, some walking in single file, some alone; as I was dragging my heavy body, heavier feet, and heart, uphill. I couldn’t be sure though, as my conscious and unconscious minds were engrossed, determined. Although, I vaguely remember…Suicide Prevention3 min readSuicide Prevention3 min read
Published inAlternative Perspectives·Mar 30, 2022Time drags like a lethargic serpent…Lessons from depression… — Time drags like a lethargic serpent, traveling in an irregular and rough sinusoidal wave. Several moments of pain and effort, sometimes followed by success, leads to happiness. Almost euphoric moments. Hallelujah! Time rolls with the realization, that the euphoric state too was short-lived. And those moments when you fail spectacularly…Life Lessons2 min readLife Lessons2 min read
Published inNew Writers Welcome·Mar 27, 2022In that infinite space between me and the living, is Mahua.Dedicated to Badru, and many more like him. — It must be the season of Mahua bloom. Only if I could get up, I would have gone to pick the flowers. I wouldn’t mind a glass or two, just to cheer up! I am sure, the night must’ve fallen and, the stars are out, by now. I hear a…Hope4 min readHope4 min read
Mar 22, 2022Everybody dies!A child’s understanding of death, a personal journey — Death is a foreign concept, till it is not. As a child, I had witnessed several funeral processions across the street while playing in the courtyard of my family house. It would mostly be a musical procession, sometimes silent. I remember watching with uttermost curiosity, men and women walking in…Death And Dying3 min readDeath And Dying3 min read
Mar 12, 2022A lot happens in that spaceJust give it a chance — Comfortable numbness, No more comfortable. Am I dead or alive? Year after year, Time passes. I am in limbo. It’s been a while, I hear the calling. Binary. Make or break But a lot happens, Between the extremities. Conundrum of life A lot happens, in the awareness. Let go, rise! Between the extreme poles, Reveals my story. Life happens in that space. - ShwetaSuicide Prevention1 min readSuicide Prevention1 min read
Feb 13, 2022Can you talk about death? #1In Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Dekalog One, Pawel asks his father Krzysztof- “Why do people die?” A calculated answer with a shrug comes “Various reasons, heart attack, cancer.. accidents, old age..” 12 year old is not satisfied. “What I meant was.. what is death?” “Death?” A pause. “The heart stops pumping the…Talking About Death3 min readTalking About Death3 min read
Jan 4, 2022Exploring death!Fear of death is true, humans would love to do anything to get away from death. At the same time some embraces death whole heartedly when their time comes. And there are other possibilities; unforeseen deaths like accidents, forceful death like killing, willing deaths like suicide and several others. No…2 min read2 min read
