5 Lessons I Learnt from My Visit to Fish Harbour in Visakhapatnam
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5 Lessons I Learnt from My Visit to Fish Harbour in Visakhapatnam

This blog highlights my experience of visiting the fish harbour in Visakhapatnam. Read below and reflect with me on what I learned from this beautiful and memorable visit to the fish harbour in this wonderful port city in India. Most of us love fishing, at least we are excited about the hobby or activity of…

Vikas — The Shortest Story I’ve Ever Heard
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Vikas — The Shortest Story I’ve Ever Heard

You may have noticed that whenever our cars stop at the traffic lights, some unknown, forlorn child appears at our window and starts asking for food, money, or even to sell some pens and flowers. Where are they coming from? Where will they go from here? Whenever a foreign national visits India, street children become…

YouInVerse Completes One Year —  Capturing Thoughts, Ideas, and Stories
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YouInVerse Completes One Year — Capturing Thoughts, Ideas, and Stories

Your words are stories, your silence is a story too. It has been one year since I started YouInVerse, and I’m glad I did. YouInVerse has not only been a way to reach out to more people but it has also been a personal journey to provide a haven to my words. Though I also…

Trees –  The Greatest and the Most Profound Silent Storytellers
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Trees – The Greatest and the Most Profound Silent Storytellers

The voiceless trees have the greatest number of stories to share. Are we ready to hear? Trees are an involuntary witness of our historic past – some have witnessed both the World Wars, some have seen people die in tragic civil wars across the globe, while some have seen nations grow and fall. Some trees…

A Poetic Dialogue with the Mountains: The Way We Experience Nature Builds a Strong Connection and Our Bond With It
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A Poetic Dialogue with the Mountains: The Way We Experience Nature Builds a Strong Connection and Our Bond With It

Life is more about the journey and less about the destination. I know you have heard this a hundred times (or maybe more) but honestly life’s much more than just final destinations. The meandering paths and the uphill and downhill roads on the mountains remind us of how life treats us, but that’s what life…

Inhaling Hope When Oxygen is Scarce
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Inhaling Hope When Oxygen is Scarce

Can we not lie on the lush green grass and watch the celestial sphere — blue sky and clouds moving, as if dancing on their own tunes? Can all this chaos of Covid-19 be erased from our lives forever?  Most of us can relate with one -another on the Coronavirus situation in India, and undoubtedly…

Stories Matter: Countless Stories in a One-Time Life
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Stories Matter: Countless Stories in a One-Time Life

Your words are stories, your silence is a story too. At whichever point/phase of your life you’re living right now, you always have countless stories to tell. Stop and pause for a while, and simply reflect on the journey of life you have covered so far. I’m sure, if you give it a thought, you’re…

For the Humanitarian/Development Worker in You
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For the Humanitarian/Development Worker in You

This poem is dedicated to all wonderful people who are contributing in numerous ways in the development/humanitarian sector to make this world a better place. This poem is a reminder to each one of us that it is only when we are full of light that we can enlighten others. You, me and many like…

Bench: A Long Seat Full of Endless Stories
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Bench: A Long Seat Full of Endless Stories

I love benches, especially those which are empty, lying in some deserted place— capturing stories of people from the diverse rainbow of life. You might have seen the benches with some dedication carved on them, some remembrance of life and loss. These benches captivate me entirely, making me reminisce about a lost time while noticing…

4 Lessons, 1 Season: Learning the Art of Living from the Autumn/Fall Season
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4 Lessons, 1 Season: Learning the Art of Living from the Autumn/Fall Season

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”                 ― Albert Camus While walking down the street yesterday, a dry-brown leaf fell on my shoulder and gently slipped through it. I quickly took hold of the leaf and kept it inside the pages of a notebook kept in…

My Stained Skirt
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My Stained Skirt

It’s not just women who bleed, but trans men, genderqueer and non-binary people bleed too. Menstruation is completely natural and normal, and it’s no shame to bleed. When you sweat, it’s visible on the clothes you wear. So why be surprised if by chance a period blood stain reflects on a menstruating person’s skirt, jeans,…

Body Positivity and Mental Well-being

Body Positivity and Mental Well-being

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”. If such is the case, then we should adore and take care of our minds and body to live a happy and healthy life. A healthy mind resides in a healthy body and vice-versa. Therefore, the way…

An Unusual Friendship With Pinky

An Unusual Friendship With Pinky

Some friendships last a lifetime while some just remain in our mind and heart forever. Read this piece about an unusual friendship and rejoice in the ups and downs of friendship. This story is about a friendship that is unforeseen, both in its beginning and its end. But the days between the two became memorable…

Stealing Mangoes Amid the Lockdown

Stealing Mangoes Amid the Lockdown

While some of us sit inside our lovely homes and enjoy comfortably within the four walls with our families, there are some people for whom enjoyment can mean stealing mangoes from someone else’s mango tree and run happily on deserted roads. Read this piece to understand how happiness can be reflected in the little things…

The Old Man Under the Tree
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The Old Man Under the Tree

So many unknown people and faces around us. Each living their own share of life. Some stay forever with us, some just for a short while, and yet we meet some people only for a few minutes out of our entire life. Take a quick read below, maybe you too recollect someone you met someday….