Pocket-Sized Dreams

29/04/2026

Not every task deserves that much emotional weight. Not every meeting is a test. Not every project is a chance to prove my worth. But some old habits don’t disappear just because life has moved forward.

Effort became my safety.

If I worked harder, I felt less behind. If I prepared more, I felt less exposed. If I took ownership, I felt useful. And useful has always felt very close to worthy.

That sentence is not easy to admit.

Because it means my effort is not always pure confidence. Sometimes it is care. Sometimes it is ambition. Sometimes it is excitement. But sometimes it is also fear.

Overexcitement….!!! I have been thinking about this word for a while now. It sounds small, almost harmless. But when it is attached to you, it makes you pause. Especially when, from inside, i…

06/02/2026

Validation… WTF is that…!!!

We all want proof that we’re okay. Call it validation, permission, or a small green light. Some people look for it in faces. I look for it in my own head. And I keep sitting with one question. Do we really need to figure out everything? Or do we just need to figure out the room we’re in right now?...

We all want proof that we’re okay. Call it validation, permission, or a small green light. Some people look for it in faces. I look for it in my own head. And I keep sitting with one question. Do w…

08/08/2025

And somewhere out there, there’s probably a scared sixteen-year-old sitting in an admission hall. Wondering if everything will be okay....??? If I could tell her anything, it would be this. Yes, it will be. Not just okay. It will be beautiful. Every fear. Every challenge. Every moment of uncertainty is preparing you to help someone else when their time comes.

Trust the journey. The circle always completes itself.

And somewhere out there, there’s probably a scared sixteen-year-old sitting in an admission hall. Wondering if everything will be okay….??? If I could tell her anything, it would be this. Yes…

06/06/2025

This is not a story where I tell you I have figured it all out. The truth is, I am still somewhere in the middle. I am trying.

My old life followed a clear blueprint. One I had not drawn but quietly inherited. Go to a good engineering college. Get a safe corporate job. Start climbing. And for years, I was the perfect stude…

11/01/2025

Men and their “I’m fine” routine is super classic. They won’t talk, won’t share, and definitely won’t admit they’re stressed. Instead, they keep everything bottled up until frustration spills out in the most dramatic way possible.

Men and their “I’m fine” routine is super classic. They won’t talk, won’t share, and definitely won’t admit they’re stressed. Instead, they keep everything bottled up until frustration spills out i…

26/04/2024

There are no universities offering degrees in "Guaranteed Happiness for Loved Ones," right? It hurts to see them stressed, weighed down, or simply going through the motions.....

Looking around, I see the weight on everyone’s shoulders – the deadlines that loom, the worries about loved ones, the feeling like there just aren’t enough hours in the day. It makes my…

15/04/2024

We dream about tiny fingers wrapped around ours, picture bedtime stories whispered in the dark, and anticipate the joy of those first wobbly steps. But the second time around? The path is familiar, yet the landscape has shifted.

Motherhood. It’s a whirlwind that sweeps you off your feet, transforming you from woman to mama. Our bodies become sanctuaries for new life, our minds adapt to a constant state of “on,&…

01/04/2024

Remember that feeling at 15 when your dreams finally felt real? It was like winning the lottery, but instead of cash, it was about getting an education and dealing with a mountain of guilt from Papa. Yep, that was me when Papa, after weeks of stressing harder than a final exam, managed to scrape together 10,000 rupees for my diploma. Here I was, living my "pocket-sized" dream, while Papa took on all the worries....

Remember that feeling at 15 when your dreams finally felt real? It was like winning the lottery, but instead of cash, it was about getting an education and dealing with a mountain of guilt from Pap…

21/03/2024

This journey is about shedding the pressure to be everything to everyone. It's about acknowledging our vulnerabilities and weakness, but a testament to our humanity. It's about accepting the beautiful chaos of motherhood.

Motherhood is a whirlwind. A beautiful, messy, laughter-filled, heart-wrenching whirlwind. It’s a constant dance between sacrifice and fulfilment, a journey of learning and growth unlike any …

15/03/2024

There will be challenges, But seeing the spark in my son's eyes, I know one thing: we'll face them together, hand in hand, discovering our own paths along the way. He'll carry the strength I learned from my past. That's my greatest gift to him..!!

My daily ritual begins with the familiar hustle of departures: backpacks slung, lunches packed, and farewells exchanged. Then that quiet wraps around me like a comforting cloak. My day starts with …

14/03/2024

Can you see those hose pipes dangling from the water tanker. Unlike the idyllic images you might imagine, reality had us scrambling like monkeys, each trying to collect a few precious liters of water for our families. That water was like gold, sustaining us for the next 10 days until the tanker came again.

This experience, while from my childhood, is strikingly similar to the water crisis many residents of Bengaluru face today. While Bengaluru's situation may be new, for communities like Walwad, water scarcity has been a harsh reality for generations.

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