So I recently (last November) went out on a limb and sent in some writing to a New York Times photo contest regarding today’s youth and…

Life can be puzzling to even the oldest and most experienced. It’s equally hard to express these feelings of confusion and even pain. The song makes the effort by employing its characters to deliver the message that life can be very tumultuous, and it’s okay to be confused. You learn…

Now, I don’t want to feed into the weird and oddly specific conspiracy theories (bio-terrorism and whatnot) but what I do want to do is leak some positivity into this world-wide panic with my theory. So pray tell, what is said “theory”? Given the time, the Earth can fix herself…

Your fingers are tangled In my heartstrings. You pull me like a marionette. These strings of enchantment seem so intangible, yet as you pull away, I feel you hopelessly stuck in me. Your strings start to look like mine, now I haven’t a clue how to sort this out. The harder you pull the more it holds you. And then I think, it wouldn’t be so bad, you stuck in me, I stuck in you.

Jabi tor daak shune keu na ashe Tobe ekla chalo re If no one answers your call, You have to walk alone Jadi keu kathaa na kaya, ore ore o abhaagaa Thabe parana khule o tui mukha phute tora manera katha, ekla bolo re If they are afraid, and look…

So I recently watched Ek ladki ko dekha toh aisa laga (I saw that girl and I felt something). Color me surprised when I looked into this Hindi film. …

Some of us are loud, some are quiet, some are meek, and some are assertive. And neither is wrong. Every part of you is soft and strong. Whether you were born in the wrong body or not, whether you have blemishes or not, whether your natural form is aesthetically beautiful…

One of my favorite films is an 80’s Hindi film, Ijaazat, which means “Permission.” I 10/10 recommend this piece! Not only are the songs just eternal bops of sadness, but the premise was so new for the time and so refreshing. I’d first watched it with my dad when I…