Dusty Little Diaries

 Dear Vishu, Life is so easy and comfortable when everything isn’t chaotic, but at times chaos is exactly what we need in our lives. Chaos is that thunderstorm that comes so suddenly washes everything away. Everything that you were, everything you believed in and most importantly everything that made you who you are. It washes away everything and leaves behind a rainbow, a more beautiful version of you. You were one of those kinds who planned almost everything in their lives. But you should always expect the unexpected. Life often throws you in the most unexpected situations when you least expect it. Who knew that coming to Bihar for some work would throw you in a situation where you land up getting married to a random girl you hadn’t even seen in your entire life! A life without adventure and thrill becomes so monotonous and with time we find ourselves getting used to the monotony of our lives. ‘Rinku is a dangerous girl’ is what you thought. But the truth is that you were i...

 Dear Peter Kavinsky, You always wanted people to look at you beyond your physical appearance, beyond your heart-warming smile, lushy hair and well-toned body. But this superficial world only saw you with their superficial eyes. It’s difficult for someone to actually see right through you especially today when the air around you is full of pretence and the people around you are always trying to be someone they are not. When the air itself is filled with pretence it is difficult to keep yourself real. At times even when you want to be real you can’t because the world is not very accepting towards those who dare to stand out. You often find yourself fighting with yourself when such conflicts arise in your mind. Its easy to get swayed and washed off by the waves of pretence and be a part of the ocean but being that rock that doesn’t get washed off by the waves takes a lot of courage. In the era of text messages, you fell for a ‘love letter’. You are so easily deceived to be the guy wh...

Dear Sehmat Khan, Not every soldier wears a uniform. The uniform does not make you a soldier. Your courage, bravery and presence of mind do make you one. You do not always have to be at the forefront to be a part of war. War is not only won by the soldiers fighting on the frontlines but it is won by the sacrifices of all those whose names have never been mentioned in history. Heroes who go unsung are the keys to many locks which were never mentioned in history. You were just a student at Delhi University, hardly 20 when you sacrificed your innocence, dreams, and life for your nation. You accepted the proposal of marrying someone on the other side of the border for the sole purpose of spying on them. A girl with absolutely no experience in spying took the risk of going into the enemy's territory even after knowing that she may never be able to make it back home to her country. There have been times when we all doubt our abilities, but never even once did you doubt your abiliti...

Dear Krish Malhotra, Having a broken family, unsupportive of love and yet believing in the ideology of love requires an immense amount of courage. When we witness a failed marriage at home, our belief in love and the institution of marriage gets disoriented. But you with all your heart not only gave love a second chance but also sacrificed and fought for it. You believed that love is worth fighting for. "kisi ko kuch sikhana nahi hai mujhe bass acchi kahaaniya likhni hai story main hero ho ya na ho story hero honi chahiye" Showed your love for your passion; writing. Wanting to become a writer is unconventional. You were just another character for us till you said " main bass pehele paise kamana chahata hoon". Those words made you one of us. Constantly struggling between job security and passion. We saw ourselves when you had to sit through college placements even when you didn't want to. We saw ourselves each time when you had to choose your mind ove...

  2nd April 2011, A date that will always be etched in the memory of every Indian cricket lover. A day when the entire nation celebrated a festival irrespective of their religion. A day when the dreams of billions of Indians across the globe were fulfilled. A day when we brought home the trophy after 28 long years. It was the first time in the history of cricket that two Asian countries met each other at a World Cup final. The match was scheduled to be played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. This World Cup Final was going to be Master Blaster Sachin's last world cup and it was also MS Dhoni's first ODI world cup final as a captain. I can recall what this day was like, 10 years back. A 10-year-old little girl anxiously sitting in front of the television with her hands folded and lips sealed. All she could understand about cricket were its basic rules. She only knew what a boundary and wicket meant. During the first innings of the 2011 World Cup Finale game, with every b...

  Dear Alia , I was only 12 years old when I first got a glimpse of you on the silver screen as Shanaya Singhania. You were this cute bubbly little teenager, new to the industry as well as new to acting. Nobody could have ever imagined then that the same cute bubbly little teenager could deliver a movie like Highway and bag a Filmfare for it! With Highway, we all understood that 'picture abhi baki hai mere dost' and Highway was just the trailer to all that was coming, and this was just the beginning. You completely won me over with Highway and ever since I have waited to watch every movie of yours. From cutting your pictures from the newspaper and sticking it in my scrapbook to putting your pictures as my phone's wallpaper, I have done it all! My heart smiled each time I saw you be it on tv or the newspaper or some random poster on the streets. Anyone who saw this side of me thought that I was crazy! Everyone thought that all my efforts were going in vain and that you wou...

You are not born- with confidence, you need to build it within yourself. It is one of the most valued virtues in today's times. No employer looks for 'confidence' as a skill in the resume but the lack of it might just cost you everything you've ever wanted. Along with building technical skills, people invest in building confidence within themselves.  Well building confidence doesn’t require you to be successful it requires climbing the following steps till you have reached a point where you are comfortable being uncomfortable. You might need to navigate your way through these check posts to get where you want to. ·        Self Awareness ·        Self Acceptance  ·        Self Belief   SELF AWARENESS “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”  ―Aristotle We try so hard and spend hours thinking and overthinking to understand others, understand their actio...