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My Solo Trip To Kashmir (Part 2) – The Mughal Gardens

The sightseeing tour took me to the iconic and gorgeous Mughal gardens - the famous Shalimar Bagh and Nishat Bagh. Situated on the banks of the Dal Lake, these gardens look absolutely enthralling with a vast variety of the most vibrant coloured flowers, sky-high chinar trees, amazing fragrances and the mesmerizing Zabarwan hills forming the backdrop. It’s just surreal. I really had to cross-check multiple times, if I had my camera filters turned on. Nopes. Maybe the concept of filters originated from Kashmir. During my last visit to Delhi, …

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My Solo Trip To Kashmir And A Brush With Kashmiriyat (Part 1)

Terrorism and Jannat are the two words that come to your mind when you think about Kashmir. The magical valleys as I had only seen in photographs and movies were calling me for a while now. It has always been on top of my bucket list. But the constant horror stories of curfews, crackdowns, terrorist attacks, blasts at Lal Chowk, locals undertaking yet another war with the armed forces and my motion sickness with mountains always made it really daunting to travel solo. Kashmir, hands down is one of the most beautiful places in this world, but I …

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Dear Husband,

12 Years ago, on this day, I met a guy in a tech conference who looked quite clueless. Little did I know that he was actually following me throughout the event and was startled when his crush approached him out of the blue. We became best friends within a year and I had no idea that all this while he really wanted to date me. I was actually “the clueless kid”. For me, it was definitely not love at the first sight or the 10th (I know ). We didn’t have the fairy tale romance or the Hollywood/Bollywood love affair. Infact, it’s been quite a …

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End The Struggle – Set Boundaries

From the moment I was born, I have always been ‘The Good Girl’. This in turn resulted in always saying ‘Yes’’ and never ‘NO’. Always adjusting and agreeing with other people’s requests rather than questioning them. And never learning to set any boundaries with people close to me or just myself. I kept a lot of unprocessed emotions to myself. Times when I should have voiced my opinions and called people out but didn’t. It slowly kept eating me up and I started ruminating. Until a couple of years back, I didn’t even know that rumination was a …

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Help!! There’s a monster in my head.

There’s a monster in my head,and it doesn’t let me sleep.A non-stop chatter on anything it please,When I listen to it, I’m never at peace.Sometimes a friend, other times a foe.Sometimes a pond, other times a storm. I am a mystery to self, come to think of it.Am I making it up for the attention I seek?Am I duping myself to jazz up my life?Is there a way to go back in time? I will kick the monster out of the sight.Get back my soul and stop living with fright.Enough of this strange state I hide,I’m once again, the mistress of my mind. How …

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Why is self-care so hard for women?

Aunt - Your uncle is out of town for 3 weeks. I haven't cooked a proper meal for quite a while now.Me : But why? You love cooking.Aunt : Yes, but why should I put so much effort just for myself? Honestly, my immediate reaction was that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. But then I got reminded of the times when I’ve done the same. Although, at that moment I genuinely believed that it was because I’m a couch-potato but now reflecting back, I don’t think that was all. Women are nurturers, care-givers, and by nature very …

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