A Mind Awake

           Blanket of Love                   Sometimes love finds a way to say what words cannot.   Most mornings, his daughter-in-law noticed the same thing. He would sit at the breakfast table, his tea growing cold beside him, staring at something only he could see. It had been a month since the 84-year-old man had moved in with his son's family, bringing only his dog and two suitcases. His wife had passed away quietly in her sleep, the way everyone said they wanted to go. But there was nothing quiet about the emptiness she had left behind. Sometimes, while eating breakfast, he would pause mid-bite, remembering how she always burned the toast just slightly. A small smile would flicker across his face before disappearing again. Other times, usually in the evenings, his daughter-in-law would find him sitting on the porch, his cheeks wet, the dog's head resting on his knee. She would sit b...

                        𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐖𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐔𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐞                                   𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 . 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘵 . 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 ' 𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 .   Everyone sleeps. Every single person. Rich, poor, busy, lazy — doesn't matter. We all do it. And yet, so many of us are terrible at it. We obsess over sleep tracking apps, read about sleep science, buy fancy products, analyse our dreams. But we miss the obvious truth staring us in the face: when we don't sleep well, everything in our lives starts to crumble. Our work suffers. Our relationships suffer. We suffer. I know someone who would wake up at 3 AM almost every day. Not because he wanted to — his body just did it...

                                    The Changing Face of Festivals                                                                                                             Have We Lost the True Spirit?   Festivals in India were never just occasions marked on a calendar. They were the heartbeat of our homes, the warmth in our kitchens, and the laughter that echoed through our neighbourhoods. But somewhere between then and now, something has quietly changed — and it's t...

          𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 : 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘆 , 𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 ? 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘺𝘢 , 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 - 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺 . 𝘐   When we were young, and even now, many of us believed that shopping brings happiness. Find something beautiful, buy it, and the joy follows. There is the thrill of something new, the satisfaction of owning what we want, and that fleeting feeling that life is somehow a little more complete. Priya believed it too. At 35, working in HR, she was a regular at Myntra's Big Billion Days, Flipkart flash sales and Amazon festivals. “It's 70% off!” she would tell her husband. “When will I get this price again?” Packages arrived. Sometimes she had already forg...