Miss ‘Us’
Collection: Melancholy
Penned By: Shalini
Concept & Design By: Sumaiya
Month: February 2019
Call of Sanity
Yes. The dreamiest day of the year is here. You and your bae in red will soon be having a romantic time of the year. While you would enjoy the coziest moment of yours, isn’t it a little mysterious that this day is losing its lovely significance?
I bet you have already identified the affected species, thanks to the memes in WhatsApp statuses and Insta stories.
But why does this have to happen?
Are Single people readily jealous about the fact that they are turned down by the luck and have no one to celebrate with the day of love?
What causes the rush of anger in the furious “Bajrang Dal”?
From a person, who just had a transition from “being single” to “being happily with someone” , these could be some creepiest things that the couple should give an ear on and avoid to perform.
1. From creepy to crappy
Babu, Shona, Baby, Thana Thaya…
We can laugh our hearts aloud when it comes to these type of flooded memes. Please stop this shit in public. Please stop it among friends. It’s way too much creepier than you think. Seriously. Even our mother never showered us with this kind of love. Stop sugar-spooning your love. Show Ingenuity.
2. She is mine. He is mine.
Well it could still seem a little tough for you to accept the relationship status of yours. But we all know about it. So stop declaring to us. Stay committed without shouting. And don’t keep changing relationship status just because you had a fight for two days. We don’t want to know you have broken up until its final. Getting to know of a fight through ‘Its Complicated’ status is the most annoying thing the singles have to go through. We are there for you, but not on social media, but a phone call/WhatsApp ping away.
3. Table for Two
Cafes or Restaurants are just there cause the owners really need to earn some money out of it. Do not waste time cuddling there. Place your order. Leave after you eat.
4. Innovation in Repetition
It could be your small favourite hobby to count days and remember every fucking first thing ever happened in your relationship. But the whole world need not know. Keep this shittiest days of celebrations to yourself. We really need a break here.
5. Break up song
These are the losers who really stay committed for the sake of bringing a plus one in every wedding she has to attend. Stop boring your single friends about “Kaash ab tak break up kar liya hota”. We really do not understand this situation. And we do not want to.
6. Last but not the least: The days
It’s just too many days for something that is too cheesy. As if the V-Day pressure isn’t enough, its spread across the whole week. And some of them don’t make sense, like what the heck is Propose day on 8th Feb. You cant expect someone to be your valentine, if you are proposing them 6 days before Valentine’s day. Valentine’s day should be 6+365 days away from Propose day ideally. They shouldn’t fall in the same year.
So please couples. The day is all yours. Please celebrate the day of love with a lil attention to all the singles around.
We will keep the Bajrang Dal away.
We swear on it.
In the end, just to make you happy, use this cheesy one on your significant other, on-the-house:
“I give you this Rose to Propose with this Chocolate and Teddy and promise you hugs and kisses for life if you become my Valentine.”
Mother Screen
Mother Screen
Collection: Subtlety
Penned By: Roudrav
Concept By: Shalini
Design By: Sumaiya
I’ve seen on social media, writers in bunch,
Lamenting on technology over a quick lunch.
Quarreling and speculating in so many ways,
How people have become ‘tech-crazy’ these days.
And some time back, I used to be a part,
Of this topic that is this poem’s heart.
But today, I’m flying to celebrate a friend’s childbirth,
And IVF gave that mother a life and its mirth.
While flying for 3 hours I could only think,
Isn’t this all technology that keeps us in sync ?
They say that it destroys relations to the core,
Drifts people apart, abandonment and more.
But they don’t realise how a Mother feels within,
When she sees her child over a video call screen.
They don’t understand a Father’s relieved sigh,
When his child receives the money he sent in the blink of an eye.
They can’t comprehend that Brother’s utter bliss,
When he’s able to arrive in 2 hours to surprise his Sis.
Isn’t it all technology itself, but in different forms ?
But the writers won’t portray this, as it defies their norms.
They write how technology has broken more connections,
And publish it on social media to reach widespread nations.
The likes they get assures them, that talent is their pride,
And from the open truth, all they do is run away and hide.
Today I realized this and soon others will get the buzz,
Technology doesn’t madden, it’s the need of approval that does.
Their lack of acceptance does, be it big or small,
And their inner emptiness is the biggest reason of them all.
-Shalini & Roudrav