Moving On

Moving On
Collection: Subtlety
Penned By:  Priti
Concept & Design By: Sumaiya

Transcript:

I buried the pain of past.
To greet one hopeful future.
The polaroids once locked safe.
All are ashes after a burning pyre.

The shoulders once soaked after my tears.
Seem weak and feeble enough.
My stories to certain ears
Are untold now in a pursed cough.

I simmer in my solitude.
I glitter in my gloom.
Like a deep rooted tree,
I spread my confidences to bloom.

The shutters are down to make it dark.
To enjoy the light of self shine.
And I dance like never before.
To the victory and to the defeats of mine.

Suicide

Suicide.
Is it a practice of the cowardly? Or is it the relief from the inhuman tortures and unearthly expectation of the people to that the person tries to confide into?
Is it really easy escape from the death or is it the submission to the struggle and adversity of everyday?
Is it really the end of depression Or is it because there is no one who is listening? Or if listening, no one really understands.
Yes. Agreed. It really takes a number of balls and times of manning up to live your life in this concised and intervening society. But why the person who needs an escape from all this is called a coward and not those people who actually were busy decorating another hell on earth which actually driven that poor with no other choices left. Isn’t it another kind of murder. Yes. An unintended one. But it is what it is
Well. You might be thinking. How can people be so cruel and inhuman that some decides to just quit it for life. But isn’t it what we are also part of if we analyze our actions bit by bit.
How many times we actually ask someone who seems lonely and depressed enough?
Good job. May be you did most of the times. But how many times that listening sessions turned out to be a really lecturing ones and you really gave that person a space to talk to?

How many times you really analyzed and introspected your daily actions? Did you insult or hurt someone? Did you made out a joke and tried to invade into their personal space? Did you just bitched about them cause you do not like the person they are. Or you just commented cause you are so good at judging and picking out on people.

How many times when you were roaming in your so-called-gang, you actually showed off your social skills but there might be someone who is just awaiting an invitation so that he doesn’t feel left out anymore.

How many times you taken people for granted or used them just for your personal matters.

How many times did you ask someone to live on your terms or tried to own them?

How many times you mocked someone for their looks or bad scores?

I am pretty sure we all have done more than one of what written above and are cool with the fact cause it seems pretty normal. Cause not to do such things is the definition of ideal world. But is there any definition for the normal world?
I guess it’s “An unlivable one”.
I am not justifying the suicidal acts nor I am trying to ignore it whole.
I am just waiting for that day when the people will mostly focusing and analyzing on the reasons rather than spreading out rumours and making it difficult for another life to live here.

Little Things

Little Things
Collection: Subtlety
Penned By: Priti
Concept & Design By: Sumaiya, Salina & Tanushree

Transcript

Don’t leave the one who empowers you.
Who agitate the zeal
To achieve something greater
To break the greatest deal

Don’t abandon the one who think good of you.
In this careless crowd
No one has got much time to do
Hence feel blessed. Feel proud.

Stay with the one. Who values your dream.
Lies down with you, in the darkest of nights.
Faces the evil. To make you strong.
To take away all the plights.

Cause the zeal is stronger once you share.
The goodness is longer once you care.
The dreams are more real, once dreamt together.

Dear Relatives, I am sorry

relatives
Image Credit: Sumaiya

Dear Relatives. I am sorry.

At a gloomy night.
I was just gaping out of the balcony out of agony cause My Aunt C is arriving tomorrow and I can’t wait to see her.

The one species out of the whole bunch of my extended family who cares for me the most and I can’t thank enough.

On my birth, she disappointingly and disapprovingly sighed “Ladki Hui Hai!”. I understand now, cause back then she knew this devilish world is not made for the angels.

When I scored a 91 percentile in my boards. She was the only one to praise for my smartness. She really said. “No man needs a smart woman. No one will marry you”.


When I wanted to go for my graduate she repeated herself and that motivation made me score high and gain enough rewards.
When I wanted to go out she was the only one who had shown concern. “Aise Ladki ko akele chorna thik nahi h”.
When my mom has a chill attitude towards my late night parties. She is the one who repeatedly reminds my parents not to permit me otherwise I would turn out to be a spoiled one.


When I was 23, she perfectly had sense of my age. And had this big list of 100 perfect man that would fit for my dreamy prince.
She goes all nuts when my face look a little dull and suggests all kinds of facial masks that would rejuvenate me.
She is the one who is dreaming to play with my kids cause otherwise that poor soul would be alone all the time.
She is the one to constantly remind me of my feminine status and how protective we have to be for ourselves.
Because.


If it wouldn’t have been for the obstacles. I would never be motivated more to break the chains. To think in the bright. To escape out of the conservativeness. To feel worthy. To dream to be more.
All I want to say to these kind of relatives. Thank you for showering and shouting your concerns all the time.
But sorry that we are not sorry.

See through my eyes

See through my eyes
Collection: Subtlety
Penned By: Priti
Concept & Design By: Salina


Transcript:

It all is bigger than what you think.
You see love. I see compassion.
And the compromises.
Made for the passion.
You see success.
I see the hands.
The rough the more worked out.
I see the eyes.
The dark the more dream deserted.
You see fame.
I see practice.
The tiring rehearsals.
The sleepless struggles.
You see silence.


I see suffering.
Not having someone to burst out to.
Not having someone to confide into.
You see the World. And it’s people.
I see commotion of emotions.
The desire for feeling loved.
The desire for importance.
And the deprivation of desires.
It’s all sad. And it’s all lonely.
Still we walk. Craving a company.
Still faking the happiness in solitude.
It all is bigger than what you think.



Indian Web Series – Yay or Nay?

indian web series
Image Credit: Tanushree

Long gone the days of Ekta Kapoor’s “K-Series-Drama-Soaps”. This is the era of web series. Those were the days when we were compelled to stare at the idiot box cause all our housewife mothers used to love the daily soaps. But now the entertainment has got easier and and a lot familiar, thanks to the web series those are really focusing on the world that we can easily relate to. From depicting the daily depression of an IT Employee to the shenanigans of college students, they are totally covering our ebb and flow of experiences.

But don’t you feel a little show-off progression in those series? Or maybe a forced attempt to sound like “21st Generation” by overuse of derogatory words and meaningless discussion of private parts.
At its inception, it seemed to us as an all different taste, but now some of the depiction are hard to gulp  in and some are giving way to the evolution of an all new stereotype.

1. Sex chat with Parents
“Kahan hai aise maa-baap?” Well it is important that we should feel free with any sort of sexual discussion with our parents. But I feel, “bachche k pocket se condom nikla toh pehle chappal hi ayegi”. “Ghanta koi baith kr baat karta h yahan.” I literally can not tell them if there is some guy that I am sleeping with. I can not even tell them if there is one guy. And if you can. My dear. You are the blessed one.

2. We have Vagina
Well what is it with the discussion of our reproductive organs in every other second. When we meet our folks, we don’t do that right. Why do we need to make an announcement to the world that we have a vagina and it just refrains to come without a shout-out.

3. Language
Well it seems a trending business in web series that more innovative gaalis will hit more likes and subscribes. Does it have to be that way? We all are accustomed to cursing. But that doesn’t not mean you have to forcibly include it at the end of every sentence. This looks more childish than happening.

4. Dream Different
Judge me all you want. My dream was to work on a 9-5 job and I am not ashamed of the fact. But the way these channels are spreading another stereotype of “must-have-passion-that-is-different” is mockishly blasphemous. Well if you are working in an organisation that does not mean you are a “collared-kutta”. Stop spreading hatred towards the employments.

5. Daaru. Daaru. Sex. Sex
So every other day after office, we have a happening booze party plan. There we meet some stranger with whom I could connect just like that. And voila! Next day I wake up next to him. “Yeh kaun se desh me hota hai? Bhai! Tu India me hai. India. Teri Mumbai bhi India me h.” Here just to speak up to a stranger we need another kind of guts. It never happens “just like that” until it is an arranged marriage.

In case you found the article outrageous enough, cheers! Because it was meant to be. In case you find more points that force you to think and kindle disagreement in your mind too, please do share.

Call of Sanity

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.”