Why Do We Find Comfort in a Stranger?

If you have problem at work, relationship problem, an affair or sexual issues, who would you go and confide in? Your best friend? Your mom? Your spouse / partner? If you selected one of the above options, then answer this, when did you last share something really personal with him or her? Trust is a

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Is Loneliness Addictive?

I think I’m addicted to being lonely. I can go on for days cooped up in my room, mostly on my desk, typing, browsing, watching and occasionally looking out of the window to get an update on what’s going outside. I’m no social butterfly and I don’t intend to be one in future as well.

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Does love have an expiry date?

Every one of us has at one point of time fallen in love or so they think they have. It’s a wonderful feeling, isn’t it – amalgamation of all the feelings like anxiety, racing heart, panic, euphoria, sleeplessness, right? It feels amazing to be in love, to want to be with your lover all the

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What Is Happiness and Where Does it Come From?

‘Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.’ ~Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Browsing through endless pictures of happy people on Instagram and Facebook makes me often wonder, are they really happy or is it just a made-up smile to look good in front of the camera.

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Why Cannot People Just Shut Up?

My mom calls me today early morning and says, “it’s been 3 days since we spoke, why don’t you call me more often?” I had no answer to that. What can I say when there is nothing-new happening, life is stuck in a daily monotonous syndrome with no updates and world news has pretty much

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Going Beyond “The One”

Recently I read the book, “A Severed Head” by Iris Murdoch. The book is a complicated narrative of marriage, adultery and guilt. Not a single character from the book comes out as virtuous and righteous, at least not according to the norms of society that we so strongly abide by. The story although will make

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Is There Science Behind Missing Someone?

Isolation has actually taken the feeling of “missing someone” to an entirely new level. If you are in quarantine and away from your loved one, you will correlate to what it means to be missing someone. “I just don’t feel myself without you”, a very simple statement says it all… To miss someone means you

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Missing You Baby Boy

There is this boy 👦🏻, Oh he is such a bundle of joy 🥰.. His mischiefs never stop, As he constantly hops….. His inquisitiveness is so charming, And his logics can make you alarming…. His name is Ayaan and he calls me massi, He is so fond of sweets that he can even cherish a

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Goodnight, Sweet Dreams

I send a prayer and lots of kisses, Requesting angel to look after you as Mamma misses….. Those lovely eyes those sweet little lips, For you my darling my prayers are always on my tips….. A peck on your cheeks and warm hug, Our little chats over your hot chocolate mug…… I have stored so

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